It has been officially designated 52768 (1998 OR2) and will cross Earth\u2019s orbit without any real danger of impact.<\/p>\n
In the remote event of impact with planet Earth, studies show that it could almost completely destroy it.<\/p>\n
A 23-year-old student discovers 17 planets, one similar to Earth.<\/p>\n
NASA\u2019s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has recently detected an unusually large asteroid that is expected to orbit Earth in April of this year.<\/p>\n
Its actual size is estimated to be between 1.5 and 4 kilometers in diameter, as indicated on the space agency\u2019s website. <\/p>\n
It is traveling at a speed of 8.7 kilometers per second and is estimated to approach our planet on June 2nd of this year.<\/p>\n
Compared to other asteroids, to illustrate the difference, the Chelyabinsk asteroid, which hit Siberia in 2013 <\/p>\n
and caused nearly 1,500 injuries and extensive destruction to buildings, was about 15 meters wide and 17 meters long.<\/p>\n
However, the danger of this asteroid, named 52768 (1998 OR2), impacting planet Earth is quite remote. According to calculations made by NASA experts, <\/p>\n
the asteroid will pass at a distance greater than the equivalent distance between the Moon and our planet, so we cannot consider ourselves in any real danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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