Through NASA's eyes, a dozen meter-long planet has just grazed the Earth

An asteroid has the potential to cause serious damage to the Earth just passing through our planet. Yet cosmonauts are unaware.

called 2017 VL2 on 9/11 has flown over the Earth at a distance of 117,000km, about 1/3 of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. However, astronomers, even the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), did not discover the planet until a day later.

According to Express newspaper (UK), experts say 2017 VL2 is from 16 to 32 meters long. And if it hits the Earth, it will cause a force strong enough to flatten a big city like New York in the United States.

This is the 48th planet ever known to fly over Earth within a distance of the Moon.

A recent investigation by ScienceAlert science site showed that if a 12-meter celestial object crashed into New York, it could destroy all buildings within 6km.

While the size of 2017 VL2 is three times larger than the object in ScienceAlert's warning, it will cause three times greater damage.

2017 VL2 asteroid by ATLAS-MLO observatory in Hawaii is responsible for observing. This is the 48th planet ever known to fly over Earth within a distance of the Moon. It is expected that this space rock will not "face" our planet until 2125.

The most recent meteorite incident hit the Earth in 2013 when a 20-meter meteorite rushed into the Russian city, causing more than 1,000 people to be injured and destroyed many infrastructure.

Earlier, in 1908, a 190-meter asteroid crashed into the forest of Siberia, destroying an area of ​​1,200 km wide. In both cases, the experts did not discover that they would plunge to Earth.