Asteroid as heavy as a house heading towards earth!

Asteroids remains a mystry as well as a challange for the Scientists.

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These are said to be the fragments left the time of the formation of the solar system, that is, they may be the remaining parts of the other planets.

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By understanding their structure, scientist can find out how the various planets of the solar system were formed.

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NASA's JPL has issued an alert for one such asteriod today.

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Asteroid 23 WV is going to come close to Earth today which is 52 feet big.

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NASA has described it's size as that of a house. Although it is not such a big asteriod.

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An asteroid can be dangerous for the earth if it comes close than 75 lakh kilometers.

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