Asteroid bigger than Boeing 747 to cross Earth’s orbit on Wednesday

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An asteroid bigger than the size of a Boeing 747 airliner is moving towards Earth at a speed of 6.68 kilometre per second. The space rock, called Asteroid 2020 RK2, is on a trajectory to cross Earth’s orbit on Wednesday (October 7) at around 10:42 pm.

Nasa has said that the asteroid will zoom past at a distance of 38,30,238 km away from Earth’s surface so the chances of the asteroid causing any damage are extremely unlikely.

Despite the asteroid coming close to the Earth’s orbit, astronomers are not likely to be able to see it from Earth.

Nasa says the asteroid is “bigger than Boeing 747 jet”. That is the asteroid could be wider than the wingspan of a Boeing 747, which is 68.5 m.

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