According to NASA, five asteroids will fly past the Earth in the near future. And one of them is a giant space rock with a diameter of more than 700 meters, Hindustan Times reports..

The first asteroid, 2023 BC8, will approach our planet on February 11, it will fly past the Earth at a distance of 5.9 million kilometers. Its diameter is estimated at almost 50 meters, it flies at a speed of 50.5 thousand kilometers per hour.

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The second asteroid, 2021 EP4, is small, only about five meters in diameter.. It will approach the Earth on February 13 and fly at a distance of 7.2 million kilometers.. The space rock is moving at a speed of 22.1 thousand kilometers per hour.

The third asteroid 2022 RG will approach the planet, it will fly past the Earth on February 16 at a speed of 3.1 million kilometers. Its diameter is 23.7 meters, it moves at a speed of 10.9 thousand kilometers per hour.

And here is the fifth asteroid, 2005 YY 208, a giant, its diameter is 731 meters, it will fly at a distance of 4.6 million kilometers from Earth. The space rock is rushing at a speed of 88.7 thousand kilometers per hour.

Earlier, the James Webb telescope observed the smallest object that hit its lens at the moment. This is a previously unknown asteroid, the size of which can be compared with the Roman Colosseum..