New York In a safe distance, the largest asteroid flew around the Earth on Sunday, which is to miss our planet this year. A spacecraft named 2001 FO32 approached Earth at a distance of two million kilometers, which is about five times the distance between Earth and MSc, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported.
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The asteroid, which is about one kilometer in diameter, is one of the fastest cosmic bodies ever to fly around Earth. At a total velocity of about 34 kilometers per second, the Earth for a comparable solar velocity of 30 kilometers per second.
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According to astronomers, this asteroid does not pose a bottom risk and is unlikely to ever threaten Earth.
The sound of the 2001 FO32 orbit around the Sun is very accurate, we have been following it since its discovery 20 years ago. There is no possibility that this asteroid would reach Earth less than two million kilometers, said Paul Chodas of the CNEOS.
Asteroid 2001 FO32 lasts the Sun for 810 days, as close to Earth as it will get this year and in 2052.
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