An asteroid of stadium-sized is set to past earth on July 24, according to NASA. The size of the asteroid is about 220 metres in diameter, is to pass at a distance of 4.7 million kilometres from Earth. However, NASA said there's nothing to worry, the asteroid will safely move past Earth. The US space agency said, the asteroid will be very close to Earth, it will still be 0.04 au (astronomical unit) away from Earth (3,718,232 miles). Asteroid 2008Go20 won't come any closer than 2,605,509 miles, but Nasa has classified it as Near-Earth Object by Nasa due to its close approach with Earth.

Source: Mint July 21, 2021 08:48 UTC