Worlds Away New Asteroid
ESA Discovers Big Asteroid Source: NASA Travelling at 32,000 MPH The European Space Agency (ESA) has discovered a huge asteroid moving at warp speed. 32,000 miles per hour to be exact. The asteroid is a big one with a diameter of 262 feet. That's about the size of a commercial aircraft wing tip to wing tip. ESA has named the space rock 2020 Ft3 and they've added it to their Risk List of asteroids that could hit Earth. 2089 - 2110 Timeframe 2020 Ft3 follows an Earth-crossing orbit, making it a member of the Apollo family of asteroids. The space rock is world's away from Earth. ESA believes the chances of it striking the Earth are very small. And, they and NASA have calculated, if by some slight chance it were to hit, it would not happen before 2089. They add, the remote possibility of a strike would be between 2089 and 2110. Asteroid Defen...