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‘Concerning’ asteroid will break into Earth’s orbit in a week: NASA

Via NY Post

An asteroid and planet Earth A gigantic 1,082 foot asteroid is set to approach Earth’s orbit on December 11, according to NASA.
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NASA has warned that a giant asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth’s orbit in just over a week.

The huge 1,082 foot space rock is heading our way and should skim past us on December 11.

Nasa has its eye on Asteroid 4660 Nereus because it’s well over 492 foot long and will come within 4.6 million miles of Earth.

That puts it in the “potentially hazardous” category.

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Why Is NASA Working So Hard To Learn How To Defend The Earth From Giant Asteroids?

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

Did you know that NASA is going to send a spacecraft on a suicide mission in an attempt to change the trajectory of a massive space rock?  The good news is that the space rock that NASA will be crashing this spacecraft into is not on a collision course with Earth.  It is only a test.  But why has NASA suddenly become so concerned with figuring out how to defend the Earth from giant asteroids?  Could it be possible that there is something heading toward Earth in the future that they haven’t told us about yet?

According to NASA, there are more than 26,000 asteroids that pass near Earth, and more than 2,000 of them are classified as “potentially dangerous” asteroids.

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Planet-Killer? NASA On Alert For ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Fast-Approaching Earth

Via ZeroHedge

NASA has confirmed that a potentially hazardous asteroid is traveling towards Earth at a mind-numbing 34,000 mph this weekend, the International Business Times reported.

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) detected the incoming asteroid as 163373 (2002 PZ39), measures about 3,250 feet across, and is expected to pass over Earth on Saturday.

“Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are currently defined based on parameters that measure the asteroid’s potential to make threatening close approaches to the Earth,” NASA said in a statement.

NASA has been simulating for an “asteroid apocalypse” to help the space agency better prepare for an asteroid strike. But don’t be alarmed, this weekend’s extremely close pass over will miss Earth by a distance 0.03860 astronomical units, or about 3.6 million miles.

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