NASA will keep an eye on the giant asteroid that will close to Earth on January 18

NASA reports massive asteroid 7482 moving closer to Earth Jan 18, said it was not a threat

Today (January 14, 65) CNN reports that NASA (NASA) revealed that the Center for Studying Near Earth Objects. Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) was found orbiting close to Earth at a distance of 1.2 million miles on January 18, 65 at 4:51 p.m. US time. Asteroid 7482 is about one kilometer in size, larger than the M building. The Prime State in New York was twice as fast as 47,344 miles per hour.

However, NASA states that asteroid 482 is not likely to crash and pose a threat to Earth. NASA regularly monitors more than 28,000 known asteroids, with more than 10 times the size of asteroids coming closer to Earth in 2105.

For the phenomenon of asteroids approaching Earth is not visible to the naked eye. Small telescopes are needed for observation.

Picture from: AFP

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