MASSIVE asteroid hurtling towards Earth TODAY at 17235 kmph

NASA has warned about a giant potentially hazardous space rock that is speeding towards Earth TODAY.

THE MASSIVE ASTEROID WITH HURTLE TOWARDS EARTH TODAY

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released an alert regarding a massive asteroid known as 2023 GF2 that is rapidly approaching Earth and will come dangerously close.

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This potentially hazardous asteroid, which measures 87 feet (26,5176 m), is predicted to pass close to Earth on April 30.

NASA’S PLANETARY DEFENSE COORDINATION OFFICE ISSUED THE ALERT

According to a report by Hi-Tech, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office issued the alert. It raised a red flag for any Near Earth Object (NEO) within 4.6 million miles or 7.5 million kilometers of Earth.

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“Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles (195 million kilometers) of the Sun, which means they can circulate through the Earth’s orbital neighborhood. Most near-Earth objects are asteroids that range in size from about 10 feet (a few meters) to nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) across.”

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As per NASA, it remains to be seen whether this 87-foot-wide asteroid poses a threat to Earth.

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IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THIS ASTEROID POSES A THREAT TO EARTH

The asteroid tracking data by NASA indicates that Asteroid 2023 GF2 will fly past the Earth on Sunday, April 30, at a close distance of just 2.74 million miles. It is coming at a fiery speed of 17235 kmph.

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According to NASA, NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighborhood.

YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THE NEAR EARTH OBJECT HERE:

Observers find and track NEOs using ground-based telescopes around the world. The basic method of finding NEOs is to look for small objects moving across the background of relatively fixed stars.

Click here to keep an eye on the near-earth object.