Warning! Large Asteroid Accelerating 56 Miles Km/H Approaching Earth – About North Sumatra

around – Jakarta | The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that an asteroid measuring 710 feet (216.4 meters) wide would be approaching Earth on Friday, October 18.

The celestial body, named RV50 2024, was traveling at a speed of 56,067 kilometers per hour.

According to NASA, as reported by Times Now News, Thursday (17/10), RV50 2024 is a large asteroid. Scientists are still tracking its movement as it is a near-Earth object (NEO) asteroid.

Even though it passes 7.4 million kilometers from Earth or is considered safe, it still worries several scientists. Because if there is an accident it will cause damage and trigger a tsunami wave on Earth.

NASA reports that experts do not want a repeat of the Tunguska event in Yeniseysk Governorate in 1908. The Tunguska event destroyed approximately 80 million trees in a forest covering an area of ​​2,000 square kilometers in Siberia, caused by an asteroid a little less than 200 feet across.

Currently, NASA experts and several other space organizations continue to track and track the path of the asteroid RV50 2024 which is feared to suddenly go to Earth.

At the same time, several observatories in the world, including NASA, were used to monitor their paths to see if they have the potential to threaten the Earth. (CNN)