NASA Says Asteroid Bigger Than London Bridge Is Colliding With Earth’s Orbit Next Week
ASTEROID COLLIDING WITH EARTH’S ORBIT – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said an asteroid bigger than the London Bridge is set to collide with our planet’s orbit next week.
According to an article from Daily Star, NASA named the asteroid 2014 QJ33. Furthermore, it’s expected to pass by the Earth on September 17. Along with this, the asteroid was classified as an “Apollo Asteroid“. This is the name given to space rocks who cross our planet’s orbit.
Moreover, the massive space rock has been referred to as a Near Earth Object (NEO). NASA classifies these as any comet or asteroid passing the Earth at at 1.3 astronomical units.
As per the article, this could be equated to the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. This means that people of Earth have nothing to worry about as the asteroid would be passing the planet at 1,592,819 miles away from Earth.
Additionally, the asteroid would be traveling at a speed of 8.66 Km per second or 19,371 miles per hour. Meanwhile, NASA predicted that the space rock could be anywhere from 48m to 110m or 157 to 360 feet wide.
Surely, if a rock at that scale were to hit Earth, it could cause a catastrophic event. However, since the asteroid was a NEO, its chances of heading toward Earth is extremely low.
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