In the statement made by NASA, it was stated that an asteroid was approaching the Earth rapidly. The speed of the asteroid was announced as 32 thousand 400 kilometers per hour.
Stating that the asteroid “2021 AF8” is approaching the Earth at a speed of 9 kilometers per second, NASA noted that AF8 is expected to pass by the Earth on May 4.
NTV’nin AF8, which was first detected by scientists in March, is estimated to be about the size of a football field ranging from 260 to 580 meters in diameter.
“It is quite small compared to some large asteroids detected in space, but 2021 AF8 is still larger than 90 percent of objects in space,” NASA noted.
While AF8 is expected to pass safely from a distance of 3 million 400 thousand kilometers to Earth, astronomers carefully follow the asteroid.
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