Ain Al-Watan newspaper | “Jeddah Astronomy”: A huge asteroid will pass faster than a bullet near Earth today

announced The Astronomical Society of Jeddah Today (Friday) the planet Earth will witness the passage of a huge planet near it, confirming that this asteroid will be 20 times faster than the bullet when it is fired.

The association explained that the asteroid is called 7335 (1989 JA), which is remarkable because of its size of 1.8 kilometers, excluding the collision of this asteroid with our planet.

She indicated that the asteroid will pass at a speed of more than 75,000 kilometers per hour from a distance of about 4 million kilometers, a distance 10 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon.

She pointed out that asteroid It was classified as dangerous and could cause serious damage if it was on the path of collision with the Earth, noting that “NASA” announced that this asteroid is the largest asteroid that will approach Earth this year, and it will not approach again until June 23, 2055, when it will pass from a further distance from this Get close, about 70 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

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