7335 (1989 JA). These numbers and letters do not correspond to a strange computer language. Or the code of the nuclear suitcase. It is rather an asteroid which is more than five times the length of the Eiffel Tower and which will graze the Earth on May 27th. The celestial object will pass four million kilometers from our planet, that is to say ten times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Moving at a speed of 76,000 km/h, it should then continue on its way before returning close to our planet on June 23, 2055.
The asteroid has been labeled “potentially dangerous” by NASA because of its proximity to Earth. Part of the “Apollon asteroids”, this asteroid orbits the sun while occasionally crossing Earth’s orbit. On its next pass in 2055, 7335 (1989 JA) should have moved away from our planet about 70 times the distance between Earth and the Moon.
Astronomers who want to observe the asteroid will be able to do so by looking in the direction of the Hydra constellation using their telescope.