On Sunday, July 17, a large asteroid will fly past the Earth. According to data from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the diameter of the celestial body will be 88 meters..

Thus, the size of an asteroid can be compared to a large building. It is noted that the distance from the " That is, it does not pose a direct threat to the Earth..

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In addition, from July 14 to July 16, four more asteroids are expected to approach our planet.. Two of them, 2022 NY and 2022 NC, will fly past Earth on July 14. Their diameters are 25 and 30 meters, respectively, and the distance to the planet is 2.7 and 2.9 million kilometers..

On July 15, asteroid 2022 NJ with a diameter of 23 meters will approach our planet, it will fly at a distance of 1.3 million kilometers from Earth. And on July 16, the approach of “space rock 2022 LR1 40 meters in diameter is expected, which will fly at a distance of 3.5 million kilometers from Earth.

Astronomers observe thousands of near-Earth objects. They are considered as a potential threat very rarely, but they can harm the Earth if their trajectory changes dramatically..

In November, NASA launched the DART probe, which should crash into the satellite of the asteroid Dimorph and change the trajectory of its movement.. However, simulations carried out by scientists have shown that this collision may not go quite as expected..