asteroids bigger than Christ the Redeemer head to Earth

NASA classifiedit from one of the most dangerous near-Earth objects in the Apollo group.

The second asteroid, 2021 KT1, flies at about 18 km per second (64,800 km/h) and its diameter oscillates between 150 and 330 meters. The object can be compared to the Eiffel Tower, which is 324 meters high. Astronomers estimate that it will approach Earth on June 1 and pass at a distance of 13 million kilometers.

Asteroids are relatively small celestial bodies in the Solar System that orbit around the host star. Unlike planets, they are irregular in shape and have no atmosphere, but they can have satellites.

With information from Sputniknews.

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