17, NASA looked into an asteroid as tall as the Empire State Building. In fact, NASA has been tracking asteroids that pass close to the vicinity of the Earth. The arrival of the said asteroid is not the first of its kind. Read Also: NASA's Jet Propulsion Scientists See Human Landing on Saturn's, Jupiter's Moons Before 2100-Another Home? NASA and Asteroids One reason for it is attributed to its far-away distance, which could take a space mission more than a year or over 400 days to reach. This time, he had said the asteroid would fly past Earth sometime during early 2021. It is to note that the 4660 Nereus was classified among the Apollo group of asteroids, which pass by near the Earth as part of its orbiting journey around the Sun.Īlthough the said asteroid has long been discovered, a space mission visiting it has yet to take place. Astrologer Nostradamus has made 6,338 predictions out of which 3797 prophecies have apparently proved correct. The massive asteroid as tall as the Eiffel Tower was first discovered by an American astronomer, Eleoner Helin, way back in 1982. 2060, as it is predicted to travel the Earth away by 750,000 miles. However, the most notable is its return in Feb. Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a visit to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center on Novemin Greenbelt, Maryland. The next time that the 4660 Nereus is passing by the Earth is sometime in March 2031, followed by another near-distance travel in 2050. In fact, in the next 175 years, NASA predicts that the same asteroid is set to make 12 more close passes on Earth. However, according to the news story by The Independent UK, the said asteroid is expected to fly nearer to the Earth in the years and decades to come. Asteroid in December: Is it a Threat?Īs such, the US space agency noted that the 330m wide asteroid is not a threat to the folks from Earth. That said, the massive asteroid will be far from human settlement. It is worth noting that the said travel distance of the Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid is ten times the distance of the Moon and Earth.
NASA or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued a warning that an asteroid is passing by from about 2.4 million miles away from our home planet, Earth, on Dec.
NASA: Eiffel Tower-Sized Asteroid to Pass by Earth