Tag: Comet
Asteroid twice the size of Big Ben to skim past Earth
NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid with an estimated diameter of about 755 feet, larger than the Golden Gate Bridge tower or more than twice the height of London’s Big Ben, that is currently heading towards Earth and is expected to skim past the planet on Monday. Flying towards the planet at a speed of over 61,500 miles per hour, the Near-Earth Object (NEO) is big enough to destroy an entire city if collides with the Earth.The approaching asteroid has been identified as “2020 AQ1”.
