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Space news: Asteroid 2020 RK2 heading our way according to NASA – 7NEWS.com.au
The space rock is travelling at 6.68 kilometres per second but NASA says don’t panic.
Ok, Im sorry but theres no way of sugarcoating this but a space rock the size of a Boeing-747 is heading our way.
The asteroid is officially called 2020 RK2.
NASA says the rocky object is likely to cross the Earths orbit but, heres the good news, it will be about 3,830,238 kilometres from our planet. Exhale. The space research agency, therefore, says its unlikely to cause any damage. Ok, now you can totally relax.
This is all supposed to happen tomorrow.
The asteroid is around 80 metres wide…
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