The object, called 1998 OR2, is at least a mile wide, and while it poses no threat, it will pass within four million miles of our planet—close enough to be classified by NASA as “potentially hazardous,” because it will continue to make close passes to Earth in the future as both objects orbit the sun.

The Meteor Crater was one of those things you don’t really hear about, but it is an awesome thing to see, and definitely worthy of being considered a Route 66 Landmark. Like most Route 66 tourist stops, there are billboards that lead you to this stop for miles ahead of time.

A rumour stating that the world is going to end on April 29, 2020 is going viral on social media. The rumour is accompanied by a video which has a logo of a news channel showing an asteroid travelling towards Earth. On checking the facts, it was found that an asteroid named 52768 will be passing by Earth on April 29.

ʻOumuamua

The dwarf planet Ceres, which is located near-ish the middle of the asteroid belt, about 2.8 AU from the Sun has an orbit velocity of 17.905 km/s (11.1 mps) or about 64,458 km/h (40,052 mph).

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Comet Hyakutake

A comet has the greatest gravitational potential energy the further away it is from the thing that is exerting a gravitational pull on it, explains Watson. This means the comet is moving faster when it falls into the inner solar system because its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

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