A large asteroid that was discovered last month is currently moving 20 miles per second toward Earth.
According to Live Science, an asteroid the size of a stadium will fly past the Earth in the wee hours of Thursday. By the time you read this, the asteroid will likely be happily cruising toward the Sun at a speed of roughly 20 miles (32 km) per second.
It is not unusual for asteroids to orbit the Earth in close proximity. The fact that it will pass very close to the globe makes it a little frightening, and it gets worse when astronomers only manage to identify it a few days before it passes.
Object 2022 OE2
These asteroids include the asteroid 2022 OE2, which was unknown to astronomers when it approached the Earth. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Next Five Asteroid Approaches homepage, the asteroid is roughly 700 feet (213 m) in size, or about the size of a stadi...
