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NASA: Swarm of asteroids headed in the direction of Earth

The largest of these is roughly the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Newsroom October 8 05:54

 

A swarm of space rocks is heading our way with more than a dozen asteroids due to zoom past Earth this week, NASA has revealed.

The largest of these is roughly the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, whilst the smallest is a maximum of 16 meters in size – making it a few meters longer than a double-decker bus.

According to predictions issued by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Studies, the first seven space rocks will zoom past today.

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They are called 2019 TU, 2019 TW1, 2019 RK, 2019 TC1, 2019 SB6, 2019 TM and 2019 TS. The largest of today’s cosmic visitors – 2019 TM – is believed to be up to 63 meters in size.

If it hit Earth, it would probably cause local damage and a limited number of deaths, but certainly wouldn’t endanger humanity.

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