NASA tracks Asteroid 2023 WG; it will come as close as 6.7 million km to Earth today
NASA defines asteroids as ancient space rocks left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most of them are mainly found in the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. However, on a few occasions, the orbits of these asteroids bring them close to Earth, a phenomenon known as a ‘Close approach'. With the help of its advanced space and ground-based telescopes, NASA has now revealed that an asteroid is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 8. Know the…