Asteroids 2020 QL2 will pass Earth and the Moon on Monday, September 14, in what NASA has described as a ‘close to Earth’ approach. The asteroid is estimated to be as large as 400 feet (120 m), making it almost the size. Iconic London i.
NASA estimates that the rock could be anything between 53rd and 120th, making it probably one of the largest rocks on their NEO Earth Close Approach list.
The US-based space agency NASA’s asteroid observers have revealed that the space rock is currently traveling at 10.5 kilometers per second or 23,666 miles per hour.
Such a speed means that asteroids can travel from the UK to New York more than eight times an hour.
However, the planet will pass safely through our planet at a distance of about 4,259,235 miles, ten times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
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Despite this seemingly very far distance, NASA has described it as a ‘near-Earth object’ (NEO).
The US space agency says: “Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids that have been orbited by the gravity of nearby planets that could allow them to enter Earth’s vicinity.”
Asteroid 2020 QL2 was monitored on August 14 this year, its latest sighting was on September 3, according to NASA data.
NASA has explicitly confirmed that space rock will not revolve around Earth.
While the probability of having such a large asteroid destroying a city is 0.1 percent in any given year.
The space agency adds: “No one should worry too much about the impact of a planet or a comet on Earth.
“The risk to any one person from auto toe accident, disease, other natural disasters and various other problems is much higher than the threat posed by the NO.
