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The discovery of an asteroid the size of a bus that will fly extremely close to Earth tonight has just been made by scientists
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The discovery of an asteroid the size of a bus that will fly extremely close to Earth tonight has just been made by scientists

Approximately 23% of the average distance between Earth and the moon will be covered by an asteroid the size of a bus that will pass within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) of Earth on Thursday. Only a few days ago, nobody knew what was going to happen

Despite the asteroid's size and shape, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California is calculating that it will pass safely by our planet this year, according to calculations done by its researchers.

Despite the asteroid's size and shape, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California is calculating that it will pass safely by our planet this year, according to calculations done by its researchers.

The space rock, whose longest dimension is between 18 and 41 feet (5.5 meters and 12.5 meters), was isolated on July 4 by researchers. They measured its estimated size and trajectory and estimated that it measured between 18 and 41 feet wide.

Live Science's sister site Space.com reports that 2022 NF does not qualify as a 'potentially hazardous asteroid' because of its diminutive size.

NASA requires that such an asteroid measure at least 460 feet (140 meters) long and pass within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million km) of Earth. Asteroid detected recently will sail well within that distance but is too small to be considered an existential threat.

While the asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth on July 7, some telescopes will be able to view it starting on Wednesday (July 6); the Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast the flyby beginning at 4 pm EDT.

Thousands of NEOs like this one are closely monitored by NASA and other space agencies. There is little risk to Earth from asteroids, however, some large asteroids may pose a threat if their trajectories change.

As part of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), NASA launched an asteroid-deflecting spacecraft in November 2021 that will strike the 525-foot-wide (160 m) Dimorphos asteroid in autumn 2022.

A small change in the orbital path of the asteroid is likely to occur as a result of the collision, according to Live Science. If some future asteroid threatens our planet, the mission will help test the viability of asteroid deflection.

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