Massive Asteroids Hitting Earth? How to Track 3 Massive Asteroids That Will Pass By Our Planet
In NASA’s recent report, there are three asteroids that will pass by the Earth by the end of the year–one of which has a similar size to the world’s tallest structure, Burj Khalifa. PHOTO : 9866112/PIXABAY
Massive Asteroids Hitting Earth? How to Track 3 Massive Asteroids That Will Pass By Our Planet
In NASA’s recent report, there are three asteroids that will pass by the Earth by the end of the year–one of which has a similar size to the world’s tallest structure, Burj Khalifa.
3 Asteroids Hitting Earth
Our solar system is filled with large space rocks orbiting the Sun, with their courses periodically shifting due to the gravitational pull of planets, per News 18.
Asteroids are space objects that hardly ever hit Earth, but if they do, they cause disaster. Therefore, NASA classifies asteroids that are larger than 150 meters in diameter as potentially harmful objects and keeps a careful eye on them.
According to studies from Davidson Institute of Science, if an asteroid larger than 150 meters collided with Earth, it would discharge energy a thousand times higher than the first atomic bomb.
Moreover, a bigger asteroid–asteroid Apophis for instance, which is nearly 300 meters wide–might wipe out an entire continent.
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