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A series of asteroids bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is passing by Earth - CBS News

A series of asteroids bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is passing by Earth - CBS News

A series of asteroids bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is passing by Earth - CBS News
Oct 17, 2021 51 secs

Multiple asteroids will pass close by Earth in the next few weeks — and one that passed on Friday was around the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, with a diameter of 525 feet. .

On Friday, Asteroid 2021 SM3 passed within 3.5 million miles of Earth, according to data from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

The asteroids that are expected to pass Earth, along with 2021 SM3, are classified as Near Earth Objects.

"If we wish to know the composition of the primordial mixture from which the planets formed, then we must determine the chemical constituents of the leftover debris from this formation process - the comets and asteroids," the Center for Near Earth Object Studies said. .

On Wednesday, Asteroid 1996 VB3 will come within 2 million miles of Earth, about 8 times further away than the moon.

Then, Asteroid 2017 SJ20 is expected to pass Earth on October 25 slightly further away, at around 4.5 million miles

These asteroids aren't coming close enough to hit Earth, and the NASA center said not to worry

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