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The asteroid, called 7335 , will come to a proximity 10 times that of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, roughly 2.5 million miles from our planet. It is the largest flyby of 2022 so far, and is roughly four times the size of the Empire State Building.The Virtual Telescope Project announced it will
of the flyby at 9 a.m. EDT today, May 27. In the video description for the webcast, the Virtual Telescope Project says the asteroid will be"Asteroid 7335 is categorized as"potentially hazardous", though that designation is based on its size and the distance at which it approaches Earth, among a number of other factors. NASA'sspeed of 47,200 mph .
. If such an asteroid did hit Earth, it is unlikely to actually land in a populated area and there is a 70 percent chance it would land in the ocean. Still, the scientific community continues to track asteroids to keep track and monitor in the unlikely event that a massive asteroid might be headed our way. NASA has launched its
to test whether it is capable of deflecting an asteroid and changing its trajectory. The Chinese National Space Administration also recently
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