NASA says Golden Gate Bridge-sized asteroid will pass by Earth in early Jan

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has revealed that year 2021 will start with passing by of four Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), including a huge 220-meter asteroid. NASA said that 2003 AF23 asteroid with an estimated diameter of 180 metres to 390 metres, nearly as wide as Golden Gate Bridge, will shot pass Earth on January 3 at 6.3 million kilometres; it also added that three relatively smaller cosmic debris will approach Earth on January 2 and January 3. 

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As per NASA, 2019 YB4 Near-Earth Object will pass by our planet on January 2. American ncy estimated diameter of object to be somewhere between 12 metres to 26 metres. 2019 YB4 will pass by at a safe distance of 6.4 million kilometres. On January 3, 2020 YA1 and 2020 YP4 will also pass by Earth at a distance of 1.5 million kilometres and 2.1 million kilometres respectively. NEOs are estimated to be of a size of 12-27 metre and 17-37 metre respectively. 

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A refrigerator-sized asteroid passed by Earth in v

In vember, a refrigerator-sized asteroid named 2018 VP1 passed by Earth at speed of over 25,000 miles per hour. asteroid, which was approximately 7-feet in diameter exploded in Earth's atmosphere, creating a strewn field, where rock breaks up into fragments and pieces are shattered all across place above which it exploded.  number before name of asteroids signifies year y were discovered in, for example, 2018 VP1 was identified in 2018 by scientists.

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