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Asteroid Warning: Space Rock to Fly Past Earth Today As NASA Prepares to Monitor Approach – International Business Times, Singapore Edition
The space rock is moving at a speed of 5.2 km per second, which is similar to around 19,000 km per hour
An asteroid is going to fly past the Earth today and the space research organization NASA is keeping a lookout for it, as per reports. It seems that the space rock is set to fly past the planet at a distance of 429,846 miles around 200,000 miles further away than the Moon is to the Earth on average.
The asteroid is moving at a speed of 5.2 km per second, which is similar to 19,000 km per hour. It is only around six meters wide as per the observations of NASA, and if it impacted the planet it will…
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