Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will fly past Earth at a safe distance on May 27. Despite being invisible to the naked eye, it can be observed by professional and amateur astronomers, Earthsky reports..

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7335 (1989 JA) belongs to the Apollo group, the same family of " Although the asteroid will fly by at a safe distance, this will be its closest approach to the Earth in the history of observations and the closest flyby of the planet in the next 200 years..

Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) orbits the Sun in 2.35 years, its diameter is estimated at 1100 meters. The closest approach to the Earth is expected at 17:26 Kyiv time on May 27. However, the most favorable time for observation with amateur telescopes will come two days before..

Due to its size, as well as the distance at which it will approach the Earth, the asteroid is classified as potentially hazardous.. But during the approach to the planet on May 27, it will not carry any danger to the planet.. It will fly at a distance of more than four million kilometers, which is 10.5 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon..

Earlier, astronomers officially confirmed the discovery of another Trojan asteroid of the Earth. It received the designation 2020 XL5 and is the second such celestial body found near our planet..