Washington-Sana
The US Space Agency (NASA) warned that a huge asteroid larger than an hour (Big Ben) in London is approaching Earth and traveling at a tremendous speed of 80,000 kilometers per hour.
And the Sky News network quoted NASA as saying that the asteroid, which is heading at a rocket speed, will collide with Earth’s orbit this evening, but it excludes its impact on the surface of the planet.
The distance of the asteroid was measured at about seven lunar distances (trips to the moon and back) and it will have a big impact if it actually hits the planet.
More than 100 tons of small space rocks or other space debris collide with Earth's orbit every day, but they are much smaller than this asteroid, and some of them are only a few meters wide.
Astronomers say that anything smaller than the average size of a car burns in the atmosphere and is not considered a threat to the planet.
According to NASA, every 2,000 years or so, a meteor the size of a football field is likely to travel through the atmosphere and cause havoc on Earth.