According to BGR, it seems that another potentially dangerous asteroid will fly over the earth NASA said that the asteroid is 7335 (1989 Ja), which will complete its flight to the earth at about 10:26 a.m. EST on May 27 The giant asteroid is estimated to be about 10 times taller than the statue of liberty and about 1.8 kilometers (5900 feet) in diameter.
According to NASA's near Earth Research Center (CNEs), the potentially dangerous asteroid will pass 2.5 million miles from earth. At that time, it will fly at a speed of about 47200 miles per hour,. Despite being labeled "potentially dangerous", scientists say the asteroid will have no chance to hit the earth.
Astronomers discovered the asteroid as early as May 1989. Astronomer Eleanor "glo" Helin found it at Palomar Observatory in California. It is one of more than 29000 Neos discovered by scientists so far. Most of these Neos are also asteroids.
Astronomers use the term Neo to refer to any object that passes within 30 million miles of earth's orbit. 30 million miles may not sound very close, but in space, it's much shorter than you think. For potentially dangerous asteroids like 7335, it all boils down to how close they are and how big they are.
Calling a celestial body "potentially dangerous" does not necessarily mean that it is in danger of hitting the earth. In fact, scientists believe that it will be at least another century before we need to worry about a large asteroid or celestial body hitting the earth. This mainly refers to how close and how big the celestial body is when it is close to the earth.
NASA believes that the asteroid may be about 1.8 kilometers in diameter. NASA believes that for nearby asteroids, this potentially dangerous asteroid is "relatively large". However, as Don Yeomans, a former NASA planetary scientist, told Newsweek, measuring asteroids can be tricky.
In most cases, they are often far away and cannot be measured accurately. Therefore, asteroid 7335 may be smaller than NASA previously expected. Nevertheless, it is still a huge asteroid that will be quite close to our planet.