Asteroid bigger than the Statue of Unity coming toward Earth

New Delhi: A big threat is moving from space to Earth. A giant asteroid is approaching the earth. Scientists claim that this asteroid named 2005 RX3 is much bigger than the 108-meter-high Statue of Unity present in Kevadiya, Gujarat. In such a situation, the eyes of other agencies including the US space agency NASA are on this asteroid. This asteroid will pass near the Earth this week at a speed of 62,820 kmph.

Generally, the asteroids present in space keep passing close to the Earth. Some very small asteroids are destroyed when they enter the Earth’s outer atmosphere. But when the giant asteroid moves toward the Earth, scientists keep an eye on it because there are also fears of danger from it. According to NASA, this asteroid named 2005 RX3 is 210 meters big.

During the formation of the Solar System 4.6 billion years ago, the rocks left in space are called asteroids. By the way, the distance of the Sun from the Earth is 14.95 crore km. But when any asteroid comes closer to the Earth to a distance of 1.3 times less than it, then it is called a Near Earth Object. According to NASA, this asteroid named 2005 RS3 will come very close to the Earth on 18 September. Its speed is currently 62,820 km per hour. It will come to about 47, 42,252 km from the earth on that day. According to the space and solar systems, this distance is considered very less.

According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), earlier in 2005, this asteroid came close to Earth. Since then NASA’s JPL was keeping an eye on it. After September, this asteroid will now come very close to the Earth in March 2036. This is not the only asteroid that is coming close to the earth, this week four more asteroids are coming near the earth. The names of these four asteroids are- 2020 PT4, 2022QD1, 2022 Cube37, and 2022 QJ50. The 2020 PT4 is 130 meters bigger. The speed of all these is between 33 thousand kmph to 39 thousand kmph.

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