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Asteroid wider than two professional football fields to pass by Earth today, 14 September – Firstpost
The near-earth object with its massive size and close proximity, however, has no chance of hitting our homeworld, assured NASA.
FP TrendingSep 14, 2020 08:34:56 IST
A potentially hazardous asteroid is going to pass by Earth on 14 September, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Known as 2020 QL2, the asteroid is over 30.48 cm (393 feet) in diameter which is wider than two professional American football fields put together. As per the data given out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, the rock is expected to fly past our planet at a speed of 38,624.256 kilometres per hour. Th…
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