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Large asteroid to zoom past Earth 21 March – Prothom Alo English
During this approach, 2001 FO32 will pass by at about 124,000 kph — faster than the speed at which most asteroids encounter Earth
The largest asteroid predicted to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on 21 March, NASA has said, adding that there is no threat of a collision with Earth.
Called 2001 FO32, the near-Earth asteroid will make its closest approach at a distance of about two million kilometres, the US space agency said on Thursday.
The asteroid is about as 0.8 to 1.7 kilometres in diameter, according to a report in Live Science.
We know the orbital path of 2001 FO32 around the Sun very accurately, since…
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