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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) warns of potential dangers from space. An asteroid as wide as three football fields will reach a close distance from Earth in December.
According to NASA calculations, the asteroid named 4660 Nereus should fly around the Earth on December 11. However, scientists said there was nothing to worry about, as it was labeled “potentially dangerous” and the Earth should be avoided at a safe distance.
The asteroid will fly around the planet at a distance of about 3.9 million kilometers, which is ten times greater than the Earth and the Moon. Nereus is less than 330 kilometers long, making it one of the largest asteroids to fly around our planet in the near future. NASA researchers also add that there are much larger asteroids in space.
It should then approach the Earth again in March 2030 and then in November 2050. Larger wrinkles on the forehead are caused by NASA scientists but another space body, the asteroid Bennu, which they say is one of the most dangerous known asteroids in our country. solar system.
Scientists fear it could hit Earth by 2300. The chance is 1 in 1750, in terms of 0.057 percent. Although the chances of hitting Earth are very small, Bennu remains one of the two most dangerous known asteroids in our solar system. The second is an asteroid called 1950 DA.
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