Three smaller asteroids will also pass by Earth without impact on Friday, and two more are expected on Saturday.
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper will fly close to Earth on Friday, at a distance of more than 2.7 million kilometers, at a speed of 18 kilometers per second. NBC News reported this on Thursday, February 1.
“The asteroid will not be able to touch our planet, which will pass at a distance seven times the distance from the Earth to the Moon,” experts assured.
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Research Center estimates that the space rock has a diameter of 210 to 480 meters. This means that the asteroid could be the size of the Empire State Building in New York or the Willis Tower in Chicago.
Scientists discovered it in 2008. It was designated as 2008 OS7.
It is indicated that the next time it will appear close to Earth will be in 2032, but in the future it will be a more distant encounter at a distance of 72 million kilometers.
We remind you that it was previously reported that five potentially dangerous asteroids are approaching Earth.
NASA is preparing a mission to an asteroid that will cost 10 quadrillion dollars
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