An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building will make a close approach to Earth on May 27, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
Still, given the space rock's enormous size and relatively close proximity to Earth, NASA has classified the asteroid as"potentially hazardous", meaning it could do enormous damage to our planet if its orbit ever changes and the rock impacts Earth.
According to NASA, 7335 is the largest asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth this year. Scientists estimate the asteroid is traveling at about 47,200 mph , or 20 times faster than a speeding bullet. The rock won't make another close flyby until June 23, 2055, when it will pass even farther away than this flyby, or within about 70 times the distance between Earth andThis asteroid is one of more than 29,000 near-Earth objects that NASA tracks each year. NEOs refer to any astronomical object that passes within about 30 million miles of Earth's orbit, according to NASA.
A majority of these objects are extremely small; 7335 measures larger than about 99 percent of NEOs that NASA follows, the agency said.
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