NASA Expects Asteroid As Big Or Bigger Than Statue Of Liberty To Make “Close Approach” To Earth On Friday
on Dec 03, 2019 • Updated Jan 15, 2025
An asteroid named 2019 WR3 is expected to have what NASA calls a “close approach” to Earth on Friday, December 6.
Australia’s 7News reports that the asteroid is expected to be larger than the Egyptian pyramids!
I MUST see the pyrimids in Egypt before I die. #1 on the bucket list. pic.twitter.com/gkTKEgaHRq
— Melissa Shepherd (@MShepherd910) May 1, 2015
It is actually estimated to have a diameter between 76 – 170 meters, which is 249- 557 feet, and The Statue Of Liberty is 305 feet tall.
For reference on how big the statue actually is, see a photo of her head being unpacked in 1885 below.
https://twitter.com/historyinmoment/status/1201476388794093568
7News reports that the huge asteroid was first spotted by NASA last week, and will pass within 5.44 million km of Earth at speeds of 27,036 km/hr. That translates to around 335,000 miles from Earth and a speed of 16,800 miles per hour.
https://twitter.com/_1BUV/status/1201796927815176198
