An Asteroid twice the size of Burj Khalifa will fly past by Earth on April 29

An asteroid with a massive size of around 1.8 km - 4.1 km will reportedlt fly past Earth on April 29, 2020, at 8.7 km per second. As per data reily available, this would be biggest asteroid to come closest to Earth during this year. To give people an idea, minimum expected diameter of rock is going to be 1.8 km, which is more than twice size of highest structure on planet, Burj Khalifa (0.83 kilometres).

However, NASA has assured people that it is t a matter of concern as asteroid won't strike Earth. It has revealed that rock will be at least 6.3 million kilometres away from Earth on its closest approach.

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Asteroid to cross path on April 29

According to data available on a site which looks into Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) for NASA, asteroid which is kwn as 52768 (1998 OR2) will certainly go past Earth on April 29, although re are details around exact timings. website also ded that asteroid was initially spotted during 1998 and that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) system is being used to monitor same.

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Since NEOs are usually comets and asteroids that actually go on a trip within 50 million km of Earth's orbit, re are categories to determine threats y may present. As per NASA, any kind of NEOs that are bigger than 1 km are considered with utmost caution as y can potentially trigger mass destruction if y hit.

According to National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy, prepared by US National Science and Techlogy Council in 2018, objects which are close to and larger than one kilometre can be destructive on a global scale. It also reveals that se can actually trigger earthquakes, tsunamis, and or secondary effects that extend far beyond immediate impact area.

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