NASA revealed information about large asteroids just hitting the Earth
as big as a bus discovered on the day of approaching the Earth more than the Moon.
The bus-sized asteroid approaches the Earth more than the Moon.(Graphic image).
According to Sky News, an asteroid discovered by NASA on Christmas Day then glided over Earth at a very close distance.
Planetary planet named YZ4 in 2017, approaching the Earth at about 3:56 GMT (10:56 Vietnamese time) on December 28 at a distance of nearly 224,000 km and not colliding with our planet.
According to Sky News, the asteroid travels at nearly 34,000 km / h - 16 times faster than the bullet speed, with the ability to cross the distance from London to New York in just 10 minutes.
This is the 52th asteroid that passes through the Earth at a distance closer to the Moon in 2017. According to Lindley Johnson, NASA science staff, there are thousands of similar small objects in space.
According to Sky News, asteroids and comets differ in their composition. Asteroids are made of metal and stone, while comets are mostly made of ice and dust.
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