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Skyscraper Sized Asteroid To Pass By Earth’s Atmosphere This New Year: NASA

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According to NASA, in the new year, an asteroid the size of a skyscraper will pierce the Earth’s atmosphere. It has been designated by the space agency as asteroid 2013 YD48. NASA also declared it a “potentially dangerous object” to the earth.

According to reports, it will reach 3.48 million miles from Earth on January 11. The asteroid is about 104 meters wide, about the size of Big Ben. According to reports, it will miss the earth by 3.48 million miles.

Although the distance may seem large, it is actually very small in terms of space travel. According to reports, any object that passes within 120 million miles of the Earth is classified as a near-Earth object (NEO) by NASA. Because these asteroids travel far, even small changes in their orbits can cause devastating damage to the earth. Every day, scientists monitor thousands of such rocks or asteroids to determine if they are colliding with the Earth. In addition, it is reported that 2013 YD48 is not the only asteroid that will approach the Earth in the next few weeks. According to the report, three more asteroids plan to pass the earth before the earth. This Sunday, January 2nd, the 12-meter-wide 2021 YK will fly within 118,000 kilometers of the earth. On January 6, 2022, the 2014 YE15, which is only 7 meters wide, will pass the earth, 4.6 million miles from our planet. The third and final asteroid is 2020 AP1, which is only 4 meters wide and will pass us at a distance of 1.08 million miles on January 7. It is not uncommon to see an asteroid so close to the earth. According to the space agency, earlier this week, an asteroid almost three times the size of 2013 YD48 flew into a range of 1.9 million miles from Earth at a speed of 47,000 miles per hour.

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Similarly, on Christmas Eve, an asteroid estimated to be 10 times the size of this year’s New York Rockefeller Christmas tree passed over the earth. This huge rock with a diameter of 229 meters is less than 4 million miles from our planet.

Complete News Source : Republicworld.Com

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