She confirmed that one of them is a large asteroid the size of the Empire State Building in New York City, and it will pass with Earth on February 18.
As for the other, which is the size of an American football stadium, it will appear in full view of the inhabitants of the earth on February 22, according to the “Science Times” website.
The first asteroid
The asteroid known as “2022 BH7” will fly near our planet on Friday, at a speed of more than 80,000 km per hour.
And NASA indicated that the first asteroid will approach Earth at about 9:45 pm GMT, and it will be approximately six times the distance between the Moon and the Earth.
According to NASA estimates, large asteroids are unlikely to harm Earth, because they are at a safe distance.
second asteroid
The asteroid called “(455176) 1999 VF22” will pass Earth at 7:54 am GMT, on Tuesday, February 22.
Since it is approaching our planet and is rather huge, the asteroid is classified as “potentially dangerous”, but it will not come close to Earth so much that it threatens the planet, despite the classification.
The asteroid will not approach Earth more than 5,366,000 km, which is more than 14 times the distance between Earth and the Moon.