On May 27, asteroid 7335 (1989 JA), four times the size of the Empire State Building in New York, will approach the Earth.. According to Live science, the celestial body will fly at a distance of four million kilometers from the planet, which is 10 times farther than the Moon, but NASA classified it as potentially dangerous.
The diameter of the asteroid is 1.8 kilometers. " This classification means that it can cause significant damage if it does crash into the planet..
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According to NASA, 7335 (1989 JA) is the largest asteroid that will approach Earth this year.. Scientists' calculations show that it travels at a speed of 76,000 kilometers per hour, or 20 times faster than a bullet.. It is expected that it will make its next approach to the Earth on June 23, 2055, when it will fly past the planet at a distance that is 70 times the distance to the Moon..
7335 (1989 JA) is one of 29,000 near-Earth objects tracked annually by NASA.. Near-Earth objects are those that fly within 48,000 kilometers of the planet.. Such objects are very small, 7335 (1989 JA) larger than 99% of them.
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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..