Get live Stock Prices from BSE, NSE, US Market and latest NAV, portfolio of Mutual Funds, calculate your tax by Income Tax Calculator, know market’s Top Gainers, Top Losers & Best Equity Funds. NASA … Everest-sized Asteroid to pass by Earth! NASA and other researchers ruled out any possible asteroid-related danger to the earth.

Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has captured a radar image of the asteroid 1998 OR2, which is also added to the top of this document, according to the space agency. However, just because the Asteroid is deemed potentially dangerous doesn’t mean that people on Earth have cause for concern or worry. NASA’s Near-Earth Object Studies Center has classified the asteroid 1998 OR2 as the ‘potentially hazardous object’.

The giant asteroid will fly at a speed of 19,461 miles per hour according to the information provided by NASA. The space agency said that Asteroid 52768, also known as 1998 OR2, which is about 8 to 4.1 kilometers long, will be crossing past Earth today afternoon, 6.2 million kilometers away. A mile-long asteroid is set to pass by Earth on April 29, but no need to worry, says NASA. On checking the facts, it was found that an asteroid named 52768 will be passing by Earth on April 29. The NASA exchanged data confirmed at 5:56 AM that the Asteroid will be nearest to planet Earth that roughly translates Wednesday to 3:26 PM IST.

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The asteroid was discovered by NASA in the year 1998 and has been watched its movement ever since. The Arecibo Observatory is the second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world.

Alternatively, the Rome Virtual Telescope Project, will also broadcast Asteroid’s fly-by online live. One will need at least a 6-inch or 8-inch telescope and clear skies to view the asteroid from earth. The distance between Earth and Moon is 3.85,000 km; compared with that the 1998 OR2 asteroid would be about 16 times farther from Earth. It would be invisible to the naked eye, despite the distance at which the Asteroid 1998 OR2 is predicted to fly-past earth.

Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest Biz news and updates. NASA’s Near-Earth Object Studies Center has classified the asteroid 1998 OR2 as the ‘potentially hazardous object’ as it flies at regular intervals past Surface’s earth.

By definition, NASA classifies any object which comes within 19.5 times the distance between Earth and Moon as ‘Potentially Hazardous.’. April 28, 2020 | 8:25pm | Updated April 29, 2020 | 9:07am Enlarge Image The second-largest asteroid, known as 52768, is currently traveling at … The asteroid, as mentioned earlier, would travel by earth at a distance of 6.2 million kilometres, which is very far away.