This week, a large asteroid classified as “possibly dangerous” is on its way to Earth, and it will make its closest approach on April 1, but this is not a hoax. NASA is tracking the massive asteroid, traveling at a mind-boggling 30,000 miles per hour.
ReportedlyMore than three times the size of the Taj Mahal, the imposing world-famous Indian structure built of white marble, the asteroid can wreak havoc if it collides with a planet like Earth.
The asteroid, dubbed 2007 FF1, will make its “final approach to Earth” on Friday (April 1). According to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the large asteroid has a diameter of about 260 meters (850 feet). In comparison, the Taj Mahal in Agra is said to be about 73 meters high.
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No other asteroid is currently being monitored and is expected to pass close by in the next two weeks compared to 2007 FF1. At a distance of about 4.5 million miles or 19.31 lunar distance, the Near-Earth Object is predicted to pass Earth safely.
However, for astronomers, this is still dangerously close, which is why the asteroid is regularly viewed. A year earlier, a meteor lit up the sky in Norway, while a meteor was detected just a few hours before hitting Earth’s atmosphere just 14 days later.
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