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Bhubaneswar: A very large asteroid will pass close to Earth on April 29. People around the world are currently in a dilemma about the asteroid’s collision with Earth.
The asteroid’s dimensions are 1.8 km wide and 4 km long. In simpler terms, the size of the asteroid is approximately 10 times that of the Himalayas. The estimated time of the asteroid that passes through the earth is 4:28 pm.
The asteroid’s name is (52768) 1998 OR2 and was discovered in 1998. The asteroid will pass a distance of 4 million miles (6 million km), which is approximately 16 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. Considering the size of the asteroid, there is a possibility that it may cause widespread destruction of an entire geographic region. However, the probability of destruction is very low.
The last incident of widespread destruction due to the asteroid occurred on June 30, 1908 in the Russian region of Siberia.
According to the scientific study, millions of asteroids in the solar system are attracted to Earth due to gravitational pull. However, almost all asteroids are reduced to ashes due to the presence of different layers of atmosphere around them. Therefore, the asteroid that passes Earth on March 29 is less likely to cause any damage.
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