Asteroid danger! 87-foot monster rock moving towards Earth at a fiery 17235 kmph, NASA say

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NASA has warned that asteroid 2023 GF2 is approaching Earth tomorrow and that it will get worryingly close. Know all details about this monster rock.

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A giant 1500-foot asteroid just scrapped by the Earth a few days ago. Thankfully, it did not impact! 

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Now, another asteroid is getting a little too close to Earth for comfort soon, which is causing concern for NASA. 

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The upcoming asteroid dubbed 2023 GF2 is rushing at a fiery speed of 17235 kmph, NASA’s CNEOS data indicated. 

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The asteroid 2023 GF2 was detected only recently, on April 14, 2023 and it belongs to the Apollo group, Sky.org said.

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This asteroid makes one orbit around the Sun in 566 days.

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The asteroid is as big as 87-foot in size and will come as close as 2.74 million miles to Earth on April 30.

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A small deviation in its orbit can lead to catastrophic consequences for Earth. And that's why asteroid 2023 GF2 poses a great risk.

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To avoid any mishap, NASA and other space agencies keep a close watch on these near-Earth objects simply because of their potential for destruction.

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Among the ground-based telescopes NASA uses to track asteroids are 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.