Asteroid 3 times the size of Taj Mahal. No need to panic says, officials.
The national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) defines a Near-Earth Object (NEO) as an asteroid or comet that approaches Earth at a distance of fewer than 1.3 times the distance between the blue planet and the Sun, and NEOs pose no threat to humans.
There is no reason to be concerned, according to the assistant director of the Pathani Samanta Planetarium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. According to Dr. Subhendu Pattnaik, there is no possibility that the 2008 GO20 will collide with Earth. "We should not be alarmed. We can confidently predict that it will not strike the Earth "he stated It's approximately 45 lakh kilometres this time, which is around 11 to 12 times the Earth-Moon distance.
On Sunday, at 11:21 p.m., the 2008 GO20 will come closest to Earth. Standard Time in india (IST) The enormous asteroid is believed to be 97 metres wide and 230 metres long. On July 25, 2034, it is projected to fly by once more. Even before they reach the Earth's surdata-face, 99.9% of them are burned to ashes in the atmosphere, according to Pattnaik.