On July 25 around 3 am (IST), a large asteroid is expected to safely fly past our planet. Named "2008 GO20″, the near-earth asteroid could be about 200 metres in length, larger than a football field.
According to NASA estimates, it will whiz past Earth at a speed of 8.2 km per second and will be about three to four million kilometres away from our planet. This is almost eight to nine times the distance between Earth and the Moon.
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Asteroids have always generated curiosity among space enthusiasts and anxiety among those who think about Earth's fate in case a collision happens.
The asteroid will go pass Earth on July 24, according to Nasa . The space agency has categorised the flying object as a Apollo class asteroid; for common people, it is as big as a stadium, or thrice the size of the Taj Mahal.
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Stadium-sized asteroid will pass over Earth on Saturday, says NASA - Space Bollyinside
The asteroid, sized about 220 metres in diameter, is to pass at a distance of 4.7 million kilometres from Earth. Asteroid 2008 GO20 won't come any closer than 2,605,509 miles, as per an interactive map given by Nasa.
The space agency has categorised the flying object as a Apollo class asteroid; for common people.
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"I'm proud to say that this is the first planetary moon discovered by an amateur astronomer!" moon searcher Kai Ly said in a July 8 Sky and Telescope report that details the discovery.
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