This asteroid 557 to 1,246 feet (170 to 380 m) wide. Its size is equal to two American football grounds or three Statues of Liberty. Like the rest of the asteroids, it also revolves around the Sun and in this sequence is crossing the Earth’s orbit. Asteroid has been discovered this year, so 2022 has been added to its name.
There is no possibility of this asteroid hitting our earth. By now it would have even crossed the Earth’s orbit. But if an asteroid of this size hits the Earth, it will release more energy than 1,000 nuclear bombs. In such a situation, it can be estimated that how dangerous asteroids can prove to be for the earth.
According to information, this space rock is moving at a speed of 1,15,872 kilometers per hour. Even when it was passing closest to the Earth, there was a distance of 51 lakh kilometers between it and the Earth, which is 13 times more than the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Although scientists are still keeping an eye on it. They will keep monitoring it till it goes completely away from the earth. By tonight it will pass completely through the earth.
Earlier on July 29 and 30, two consecutive asteroids passed close to the Earth. One of these was 400 feet wide, while the other was 600 feet wide. These were the size of a large building and were classified as potentially dangerous by NASA. Both the asteroids passed close to the Earth making a certain distance. In the coming months, many more asteroids will pass through the Earth in the same way.