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Giant 73billion kilogram asteroid may explode if it keeps spinning faster, experts fear

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asteroid is likely to explode if it continues to spin at increasing speeds, astronomers studying data gathered from OSIRIS-REx, NASA's spacecraft have said.

The asteroid, named Bennu for its chocolate creme egg shape, is said to be as big as the Empire State Building and weighs an estimated 73 billion kilograms.Scientist Daniel Scheeres published a study in Science Advances that states in a million years or less, Bennu may explode.Scheeres, along with other astronomers, mapped the gravitational field of the asteroid and the pull towards NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft it orbits around.The asteroid is shaped like a spinning top with a rugged exterior formed by debris floating through space.Its interior is looser, and filled with less tightly.

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