by Large asteroid 7335 (1989 JA)
A large asteroid will safely pass by our planet on May 27, 2022.
Although it won’t be visible to the unaided eye, both professional and amateur astronomers will be looking at the huge space rock as it sweeps past.
Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) is a stony Apollo-type asteroid (just like the Chelyabinsk asteroid that entered Earth’s atmosphere in 2013, shattering windows over six Russian cities).
In this case, asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) won’t get that close.
But, the May 27 approach is the closest calculated pass of this particular space rock to date, and for the next 200 years.
Specifically, closest approach to Earth happens at 14:26 UTC (10:26 a.m. ET) on May 27.
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A large asteroid will safely pass by our planet on May 27, 2022.
Although it won’t be visible to the unaided eye, both professional and amateur astronomers will be looking at the huge space rock as it sweeps past.
Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) is a stony Apollo-type asteroid (just like the Chelyabinsk asteroid that entered Earth’s atmosphere in 2013, shattering windows over six Russian cities).
In this case, asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) won’t get that close.
But, the May 27 approach is the closest calculated pass of this particular space rock to date, and for the next 200 years.
Specifically, closest approach to Earth happens at 14:26 UTC (10:26 a.m. ET) on May 27.
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