120-foot asteroid rushing towards Earth at 27287 kmph, NASA data shows

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Asteroids have been a matter of concern since it was found that the Chicxulub asteroid killed the dinosaurs around 66 mn years ago. Now, there is a 120-foot-wide large asteroid rushing towards Earth and here is what NASA says. 

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To detect the danger of these monster rocks in advance, NASA and other space agencies keep a close watch. These are also dubbed as Near-Earth Objects.  

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One of these giant asteroids is set to make its closest approach towards Earth in a couple of days!  

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NASA uses ground-based telescopes, such as Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, and the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona to track the path of these asteroids.

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Apart from these, NASA also has a space-based telescope, dubbed NEOWISE, that has been tasked with finding, tracking, and characterizing NEOs, and identifying those that may pose a hazard to Earth.

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Now, these data from these NASA telescopes have found an asteroid named 2023 JR2, which is set to come uncomfortably close to Earth soon. 

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The asteroid 2023 JR2 is rushing at a fiery speed of 27287 kmph, NASA’s CNEOS data indicated. 

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How large is it? The asteroid is said to be approximately 120-foot in size as per NASA's JPL data. 

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Also, this asteroid may make a close approach to Earth of around 4.05 million miles on June 4.