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Asteroid to hit earth

Asteroid are the minor planets and where the larger asteroids where know as planetoids. Here the list of top 5 asteroids which is estimated to travel near earth.

5) Oumuamua


Oumuamua is the first interstellar object somehow entered our solar system last year. The Oumuamua is 230 meter long, it is of 35 meter width. The Oumuamua entered our solar system somehow but doesn’t know where it came from. The Oumuamua is now 640 miles away from Earth. The Oumuamua is travelling at a speed of 26.33 km per second and now  it crossed our solar system.
4) Bennu


The Bennu was discovered on 11th September 1999 by Lincoln near Earth asteroid research. The Bennu is 492 meter wide and it has a mass of 78 billion kilogram. The Bennu has the hitting possible of 1 in 2700. The Bennu could hit the Earth from 2175 to 2199. If the Bennu hit the Earth it could destroy an entire country and also to could affect the entire human civilization.

3)99942 Apophis

The Apophis was discovered on 19th June 2004. The Apophis is of 26.99 billion kilogram which is larger than the Empire state building. The Apophis pass at the minimum distance of 30,000 from Earth on 13th April 2029. The Apophis has the hitting probability of 2.7% which produce a force more than 100 thousand Hiroshima bomb together.

2) 2002 NT-7

The 2002 NT-7 was discovered on 9th July 2002. The 2002 NT-7 was heading  towards  the Earth. The 2002 NT-7 has the mass of billion kilogram and has the diameter 1.2 kilometer. If the 2002 NT-7 hits it’s force will be equal to 30 million nuclear bombs. It is taken out from the risk it is not going to hit Earth it safely pass0.4078 AU(61,010,000 km; 37,910,000 mi)
From Earth on 13 January 2019.

1) Ceres


The Ceres was discovered on 1st January 1801. The Ceres was the biggest ever discovered Asteroid. The mass of Ceres is 9.4 × 1020 kilogram and has a diameter of 95 kilometer. If the asteroid hits the Earth the Earth surface will rise upto to 2000.C and every life on the Earth could be vanished and never life could be born again. Actually it an stable asteroid so it won't affect Earth.


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