NASA scientists have announced that asteroid 2023 JD2 is flying towards Earth, the diameter of which is estimated at 62 meters, Hindustan Times reports.. This means that its size can be compared with the size of the Motherland sculpture from the pedestal to the tip of the sword..

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It is noted that the asteroid will fly past the Earth on the evening of May 16, Kyiv time. The distance from the space rock to the planet will be 5.6 million kilometers. The asteroid will move at a speed of about 47 thousand kilometers per hour.

Scientists first noticed the asteroid on May 13. It belongs to the class of potentially dangerous.

It is worth noting that NASA classifies as potentially hazardous all asteroids that approach Earth at a distance closer than 7.5 million kilometers or whose diameter exceeds 150 meters..

According to scientists, during the approach to the planet on May 16, 2023, JD2 will not pose any threat.

Recall that on March 17, the asteroid 2023 EY flew at a distance of 240 thousand kilometers from Earth. That's about two-thirds of the distance from the Earth to the Moon..