NASA: In a shocking development, it has been revealed that an asteroid will get closer to Earth than even the Moon. NASA has revealed the terrifying truth. In recent times, the incidents of asteroids flying past the Earth have been so frequent that many people are becoming desensitized towards them. But now, there are as many as new four asteroids headed towards Earth and these will ensure a rude awakening for all. Most of the asteroids we have seen in recent times have crossed our planet from a distance of millions of kilometers, reducing the chances of a collision to a minor probability. But all of these four asteroids will zoom past us at a distance less than 400,000 kilometers. And one among them, a bus-sized asteroid will come as close as just 126,000 kilometers. And how far is Moon from Earth? 384,400 km! This is extremely close and the chance of asteroid strike increases exponentially high at this distance. Will the asteroid hit us? Read on to find out.
There are reasons to be worried. Last month, when asteroid 2022 EB5 struck Earth, it was also supposed to make a pass from a similar distance. But due to the powerful gravitational force of the Earth, it got pulled in and smashed into the western coast of Greenland. Now, all of these four asteroids pose a similar threat. And to make matters worse, while 2022 EB5 was just 6-feet wide, these asteroids are all much larger in size.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory by NASA provides more information about these asteroids. The asteroids are named 2022 GN1 which is 30-feet wide, 2022 GZ1 which is 19-feet wide, 2022 GQ1 has an approximate width of 28-feet and 2022 GA2 which is understood to be around 15-feet. Among them, 2022 GN1 is the scariest asteroid which will make a pass
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