NASA said that an asteroid about 330 meters long is on its way to pass by Earth, early next month.
And the data that is constantly generated by the NASA asteroid tracker revealed that the asteroid known as “4660 Nereus” is now located about 3.9 million km from Earth.
NASA estimates that 4,660 Nereus will be closest to Earth on December 11.
It is scheduled to pass near the Earth at a speed of 6.578 kilometers per second.
Although it is classified as a potentially dangerous asteroid due to its size and proximity to Earth, it is unlikely to pose a threat to our planet, “according to the Jerusalem Post”, recalling that an asteroid collision of this size with Earth could be devastating to humanity.
Scientists at the US Space Agency say that the frequency of a large asteroid collision with Earth occurs approximately once every two thousand years, causing destruction in the area of its impact and its surroundings.
As for the major bodies whose collision with our planet causes massive destruction on the level of the Earth as a whole, it is a very rare event that occurred the last time 66 million years ago.
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