Warning! Asteroid to come very close to Earth on this day

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May 3 can witness an asteroid coming very close to Earth, informed NASA.

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NASA has warned about a 41-foot asteroid named Asteroid 2023 HV5 approaching Earth on May 3,2023.

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The Asteroid 2023 HV5 is almost the size of a bus and is expected to come very close to our planet.

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According to NASA's asteroid tracking data, the asteroid will come as close as 270,000 miles to Earth.

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The distance of the asteroid 2023 HV5 is almost the average distance between Moon and Earth which is about 239,000 miles.

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The asteroid is travelling at the speed of 32152 kmph as per NASA’s CNEOS data. 

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The Asteroid 2023 HV5 was recently discovered - on April 24,2023.

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 It comes from the Apollo group, which is named after the first asteroid discovered in this group, 1862 Apollo.

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Sky.org informed that this asteroid makes one orbit around the Sun in 672 days.

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The Asteroid 2023 HV5 is expected to make another close approach, but that will be on August 13, 2055.

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NASA keeps an eye on such asteroids using Ground-based telescopes and NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft.

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