Scientists are awaiting an astronomical event in Earth for the first time in 19 years, where a massive asteroid will approach Earth on Saturday.
The asteroid, dubbed the 2000 QW7, is 650 meters wide and 310 meters long, moving at 23,000 kilometers per hour, according to press reports.
Scientists confirmed that the asteroid will pass along the Earth, moving 8 million kilometers away.
The asteroid last visited Earth in 2000 and is expected to pass next to it in 2038.
Astronomers considered that the passage of this asteroid, a golden opportunity to study closely, and understand its components and see its surface, but at the same time carries a warning about asteroids that may hit the Earth.