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The NASA has issued a warning about the asteroid 2019 OR1, which will pass the Earth at a distance of 4.3 million kilometres.
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office has, however, warned that Asteroid 22 RQ which is 84 feet wide, is almost equal to the size of aircraft.
Asteroid 22 RQ is already heading in the direction of Earth traveling at an astonishing speed of 49,536 and will miss the planet on September 13.
Asteroid 2016 AJ193, bigger than Dubai's Burj Khalifa, set to approach Earth tonight - Details inside - August 21 i.e. today is especially important as it is the first time that the asteroid will be approaching so close to Earth.
Experts revealed 2020 XU6 will zoom by at more than 10 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The distance between our planet and its lunar satellite - known as a lunar distance (LD) - stands at more than 380,000 kilometres. Asteroid 2020 XU6 will pass Earth at 10.7 LDs. According to NASA, that is still a close enough distance for the asteroid to be considered a 'near Earth object' (NEO). The definition of a NEO in astronomical terms is any small solar system body which comes within 1.3 astronomical units (AU) of the Earth. Asteroid 2-times size of Big Ben to pass Earth- NASA trac...