NASA has warned that a giant asteroid called 2023 GG is flying towards Earth. According to Hindustan times, the diameter of the asteroid is estimated at 73 meters..

The celestial body is expected to fly by at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from the planet. It will move at a speed of 38102 kilometers per hour.

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An asteroid was discovered quite recently, on April 5, and it will approach the minimum distance to Earth on April 11. However, it is expected that the "

The Center for the Study of Near-Earth Objects tracks all known objects that are close to our planet.. So far, none of them pose a threat to the Earth, but scientists continue to explore the sky in search of unknown asteroids..

Potentially dangerous are asteroids that approach the Earth at a distance of more than 0.5 astronomical units (astronomical unit - the distance from our planet to the Sun), and whose diameter is more than 50-100 meters. That is, in the event of a collision with the Earth, they can cause significant damage..

Recall that on March 17, the asteroid 2023 EY flew at a distance of 240 thousand kilometers from Earth. That's about two-thirds of the distance from the Earth to the Moon..