The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned of a huge asteroid which will approach Earth, travelling at the speed of 48,000 kilometres per hour, on July 24.
According to NASA, “Asteroid 2020 ND” will move past Earth on July 24. There are also reports of two other asteroids expected to whiz past Earth on Sunday named 2016 DY30 and 2020 ME3.
“Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are currently defined based on parameters that measure the asteroid’s potential to make threatening close approaches to the Earth.
Specifically, all asteroids with a minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.05 au or less are considered PHAs,” NASA said in a statement.