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  • NASA forecasts asteroid bigger than a PYRAMID for '20,000mph close Earth approach'

    08/22/2018 10:29:01 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    www.dailystar.co.uk ^ | 21st August 2018 | By David Rivers
    The space agency said the 2016 NF23 is hurtling rapidly at a speed of around 20,000mph. At that speed, it is around 15 times faster than the 1,354mph the retired Concorde travelled at. The 2016 NF23 also measures up to a jaw-dropping 160metres. At that size, it is bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt which measures 139m. It is listed on NASA's Earth Close Approaches page, despite whizzing by at a distance of 3million miles away. But in space terms, it is considered close enough that it will pay attention to it. At 160m, it is considered...