NASA has sounded off yet another warning as an uncommon size of an asteroid is speeding in the direction of Earth and it may do severe damage if it makes contact with our planet.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the official space agency of the United States, has issued a warning in response to the asteroid 2023 JD, which is roughly the size of a house. ALSO READ | Asteroid To Collide With Earth On May 4? Here’s What NASA Has To Say About Potential Collision With The 52-Foot-Tall, House-Sized Celestial Rock
As per the reports, the asteroid is speeding directly towards Earth at 7200 KMPH (2 km/s). It stands around 60 feet high and a mass extinction of human and animal species is conceivable if an asteroid of this scale causes huge numbers of fatalities.
Despite its concerning speed, NASA has stated that the asteroid's size and rapid speed, it poses no threat to Earth and will pass by on May 9 at a safe distance of 4.16 million miles. As per the reports the concerned asteroid belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth objects, which mostly comprises of large asteroids and space rocks.
The asteroid travels around the Sun in an orbit that lasts 402 days and takes it up to 173 million kilometres (miles) from the star and as close as 145 million kilometres (miles) away.
While NASA has assured that the asteroid poses no threat to the Earth, it is being reported that the space object will be at a total distance of over 4 million kilometres, which is more than 10 times more than the distance between the Earth and the moon. ALSO READ | Four Asteroids To Hit Earth? Space Rocks Approach Towards Earth On April 26, Warns NASA! Read Below To Know More
This will keep the asteroid securely out of our path and at a distance from us of over 4 million miles.
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