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Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa to fly by Earth on Sunday: NASA – Deccan Herald
NASA has confirmed that a massive asteroid, named (153201) 2000 WO107, will fly by the Earth on Sunday. The asteroid is over 800 metres in height and over 500 metres…
NASA has confirmed that a massive asteroid, named (153201) 2000 WO107, will fly by the Earth on Sunday. The asteroid is over 800 metres in height and over 500 metres in diameter, making it much larger than the Burj Khalifa.
According to the space agency, the asteroid will fly by Earth at 10:38 AM Indian Time, and at its closet to the planet, it will be at a distance of around 43 lakh kilometres.
The space agency has classified the asteroid as a Near-Earth Object of the Aten class, and its Jet Propulsion…
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