A big Asteroid to pass Earth tonight, speeding at 9,000 kmph
An asteroid speeding at 9,000 kmph will pass the earth tonight. Read more to know the details.
A massive asteroid bigger than the Burj Khalifa will soar pass by Earth on Saturday, August 21. The “potentially hazardous” asteroid is a cluster of 1,000 rocks and has been named as “2016 AJ193” by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). "The asteroid is travelling through space at a speed of 94,208 km per hour", said the US space agency. The asteroid is likely to pass within 3,427,903 km of Earth.
Asteroid ‘2016 AJ193’
The US Space Agency, NASA has classified the asteroid as a Near-Earth object which is currently on course to miss Earth by 212,971,5 miles at 3:10 pm GMT (8:40 pm IST) today. "This visit of 2016 AJ193 will be the asteroid’s closest approach to planet Earth for at least the next 65 years", reported by Sputnik news.
Size of the Asteroid
NASA stated, "the 2016 AJ193 is around 1.4 km wide and 4,500 feet in diameter. The asteroid is so massive that its size is 1.5 times of the Burj Khalifa, and over 4.5 times the size of the Eiffel Tower."
