99-feet-long asteroid to come close to Earth. Know date and time. Will it collide and create devastation?
asteroid may hit the Earth shortly. Will it create devastation and destruction? Or will the asteroid prove to be a damp cracker just to fizzle out after hitting the planet or even before it? Or will it not reach the Earth at all? None of the above-mentioned possibilities can be ruled out. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned that a massive rock the size of an airplane may come closer to the Earth at a high speed on June 11, 2024, at 00:02 UTC. It has been named 2024 CR9.
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Distance of 7.4 million km
The US space agency has also said that the 330m – 750m large asteroid will reach its minimum distance of 7.4 million km, 19 times the average lunar distance on that day. However, it will not harm the Earth. It may be noted that 7.4 million km is not a very large distance in astronomy where the distance is measured in light years, that is, the distance covered by a ray of light in one year.
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Scientists have discovered that an asteroid of this size hit our earth 52,000 years ago. If this asteroid collides with the Earth, it will create a crater 2.2 kilometers in length and 467 meters deep. It will release energy equivalent to 424 megatons of TNT. It may create havoc and destroy the immediate vicinity completely. It may create shock waves with a strength of 249 decibels, flattening nearby structures. But at the same time, NASA has also said that the asteroid may not collide with the Earth.
