150-foot asteroid speeding towards Earth at a blazing 82341 kmph, NASA data shows

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NASA has warned about a close approach of the 150-foot-wide Asteroid 2021 JK7 coming at a fiery speed soon. Know its speed, distance, and trajectory here.

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One of the giant asteroids is getting closer to Earth soon, which is causing concern for NASA scientists.

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The upcoming asteroid dubbed 2021 JK7 is rushing at a fiery speed of 82341 kmph, NASA’s CNEOS data revealed. 

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The asteroid 2021 JK7 was detected on May 10, 2021 and it belongs to the Apollo group, Sky.org said.

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NASA has mentioned that the asteroid is as big as 150-foot in size and will come as close as 3.97 million miles to Earth on May 22.

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To avoid any mishap, NASA and other space agencies keep a constant watch on these upcoming asteroids. 

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Any asteroid which comes within 4.6 million miles towards Earth and has larger than 150 meters in size, is termed as potentially hazardous asteroid.

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That's the reason, this 150-foot-wide asteroid is not hazardous, but still, any asteroid can deviate from its orbit. 

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A small deviation in its orbit can lead to catastrophic consequences for Earth. And that’s why asteroid 2021 JK7 poses a great risk. 

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To detect the asteroids in advance, NASA uses Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, and the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.

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While the space-based telescope is NEOWISE, which is tasked with finding, tracking, and characterizing NEOs, and identifying those that may pose a hazard to Earth.

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