Worlds premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earths orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m.
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World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earth's orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m.
According to NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), although the asteroid is of considerable size it won't hit the Earth's surface. In a twitter post, Nasa's Asteroid Watch said that "asteroid 2010 FR...has zero chance of hitting Earth".
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"Our Planetary Defense experts are not worried about asteroid 2010 FR and you shouldn't be either because it has zero chance of hitting Earth. It will safely pass by our planet on Sept. 6 more than 4.6 million miles away-that's more than 19 times the distance of our Moon!," the tweet read.
World
s premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earths orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m.Subscribe to updates World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earth's orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m.
According to NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), although the asteroid is of considerable size it won't hit the Earth's surface. In a twitter post, Nasa's Asteroid Watch said that "asteroid 2010 FR...has zero chance of hitting Earth".
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Advertising "Our Planetary Defense experts are not worried about asteroid 2010 FR and you shouldn't be either because it has zero chance of hitting Earth. It will safely pass by our planet on Sept. 6 more than 4.6 million miles away-that's more than 19 times the distance of our Moon!," the tweet read.