The Astronomical Research Authority, headed by Dr. Gad Al-Qadi, denied all the reports that were reported on all social media from publications that came about the existence of a giant asteroid that would hit the Earth during the coming days.
The Astronomical Research Authority denies an asteroid the size of Mount Everest
The observations confirm that according to all the global astronomical calculations that an asteroid, which is the size of Mount Everest and is called the OR2 1998 ″ 52768 ″, is scheduled to pass on the surface of the earth and this will be on April 29 next, at exactly 9:56 GMT.
It is at the point and will be 3.9 million miles from our planet, or about 16 times the distance between Earth and the Moon, and it also moves at a speed of about 8.7 kilometers per second or 19461 miles at 31320 kilometers per hour.
Also that this asteroid is experiencing for the first time in 22 years and that its orbit is one of the most well known things, and also there is no chance of any collision occurring at least during the next two centuries or so, and it is according to all expectations for the path and rotation that exists in space.
Also, the basic forecasts that pertain to space agencies globally, the most important of which are NASA, as well as the Institute for Astronomical Research, confirmed that about 12 stars were discovered and they are changing during the period from 2013 to 2018 and registered.
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