US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that the asteroid approaching the Earth at a speed of 9 kilometers per second is expected to pass by the Earth on May 4, and announced that the asteroid is the size of a football field.
In the statement made by NASA, it was stated that an asteroid was approaching the Earth rapidly. Stating that the asteroid “2021 AF8” is approaching the Earth at a speed of 9 kilometers per second, NASA noted that AF8 is expected to pass by the Earth on May 4. Stating that the diameter of AF8, which was first detected by scientists in March, was estimated to be about the size of a football field ranging from 260 to 580 meters, NASA said, “It is quite small compared to some large asteroids detected in space, but 2021 AF8 is still 90 percent of objects in space. greater than 3, “he noted.
While AF8 is expected to pass safely from a distance of 3 million 400 thousand kilometers to Earth, astronomers carefully follow the asteroid. (UAV)
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