A – foot pyramid-shaped asteroidis due to fly by Earth on Sunday, scientists say.
According to theCenter for Near-Earth Object StudiesatNasa‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the object, called VH5 (****************************************************************, will harmlessly fly past around 4. million miles from our planet at a speed of 6.1 miles per second.
At (ft by (************************************************************************************. 5ft, the asteroid is “pyramid-shaped” and almost as large as the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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The asteroid is one of five due to fly past Earth over the weekend, all at safe distances.
It comes after a gigantic 2, asteroid flew past Earth last month.
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In (****************************************************************, an asteroid the size of a skyscraper called (NY) flew past around eight times the distance between the Earth and the moon.
Nasa launched a new office in 01575879 The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO).
This was created to keep track of asteroids that come too close to Earth.
A recent study suggests that over the last million years, asteroids have been crashing into Earth at triple their previous rate.
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was only 6.8 to 65. 3 miles in diameter.
When it hit the surface it had an explosive impact A billion times bigger than the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima.
Debris would fly so high into the air that it would escape Earth’s gravity and orbit around the planet, as well as spilling out into space.
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