According to nasa, an asteroid three times the size of the taj mahal will pass near to Earth late on Sunday, reaching its closest approach. The Near-Earth Object 2008 GO20 will zoom past Earth at 8.2 kilometres per second, passing within three to four million kilometres of our planet.

The national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) defines a Near-Earth Object (NEO) as an asteroid or comet that approaches Earth at a distance of fewer than 1.3 times the distance between the blue planet and the Sun, and NEOs pose no threat to humans.

There is no reason to be concerned, according to the assistant director of the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. According to Dr. Subhendu Pattnaik, there is no possibility that the 2008 GO20 will collide with Earth. "We should not be alarmed. We can confidently predict that it will not strike the Earth "he stated It's approximately 45 lakh kilometres this time, which is around 11 to 12 times the Earth-Moon distance.

On Sunday, at 11:21 p.m., the 2008 GO20 will come closest to Earth. Standard Time in india (IST) The enormous asteroid is believed to be 97 metres wide and 230 metres long. On July 25, 2034, it is projected to fly by once more. Even before they reach the Earth's surface, 99.9% of them are burned to ashes in the atmosphere, according to Pattnaik.

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Kailas Ashwin Sathish

24/07/2021 09:45 AM