In Pics: Asteroid alert! Menacing 33-foot space rock hurtling towards Earth today

A menacing asteroid with a big destructive potential is on its way towards Earth. NASA has warned that this 33-foot asteroid will come extremely close and is travelling at dangerous speeds. So, will it impact and cause total annihilation?

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The month of September witnessed nearly 40 asteroid flybys and it seems like October will follow the same trend, with 5 asteroids already passing by within 2 days. Although most of them have passed safely, these asteroids could have threatened Earth if they had deviated even slightly from their path due to the pull from Earth’s gravitational field. (Pixabay)

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1/5 The month of September witnessed nearly 40 asteroid flybys and it seems like October will follow the same trend, with 5 asteroids already passing by within 2 days. Although most of them have passed safely, these asteroids could have threatened Earth if they had deviated even slightly from their path due to the pull from Earth’s gravitational field. (Pixabay)

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NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which is responsible for keeping an eye on all Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) has warned that an asteroid named Asteroid 2022 SL28 is hurtling towards the planet today, October 3. (NASA)

2/5 NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which is responsible for keeping an eye on all Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) has warned that an asteroid named Asteroid 2022 SL28 is hurtling towards the planet today, October 3. (NASA)

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he asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at a distance of just 1.6 million kilometers, according to NASA. It is already on its way towards the planet, travelling at a staggering speed of 47592 kilometers per hour. Nasa has classified Asteroid 2022 SL28 as a “Potentially Hazardous Object” due to the close proximity with which it will pass by Earth. (Pixabay)

3/5 he asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at a distance of just 1.6 million kilometers, according to NASA. It is already on its way towards the planet, travelling at a staggering speed of 47592 kilometers per hour. Nasa has classified Asteroid 2022 SL28 as a “Potentially Hazardous Object” due to the close proximity with which it will pass by Earth. (Pixabay)

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NASA currently has a NEO Observations Program in place to track, and characterize at least 90 percent of the NEOs that are 140 meters or larger in size. Most of the asteroids are observed with the help of the NEOWISE Project which repurposed NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to work as a survey telescope and scan the sky for Near-Earth Objects. (Pixabay)

4/5 NASA currently has a NEO Observations Program in place to track, and characterize at least 90 percent of the NEOs that are 140 meters or larger in size. Most of the asteroids are observed with the help of the NEOWISE Project which repurposed NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to work as a survey telescope and scan the sky for Near-Earth Objects. (Pixabay)

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NASA conducts surveys done using its ground-based telescopes such as the Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, as well to identify thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). The space agency also utilizes a space-based telescope called NEOWISE to identify hundreds of others while scanning the skies at near-infrared wavelengths of light from its polar orbit around Earth. (NASA)

5/5 NASA conducts surveys done using its ground-based telescopes such as the Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, as well to identify thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). The space agency also utilizes a space-based telescope called NEOWISE to identify hundreds of others while scanning the skies at near-infrared wavelengths of light from its polar orbit around Earth. (NASA)