check this out. An asteroid is on course to zoom by Earth on friday.
Now this is not a scene from a movie, it's real life and it's happening here.
An asteroid about the size of Mount Everest is hurtling towards Earth.
According to NASA, the giant rock is set to pass by us on Friday.
The asteroid known as 1989 J. A.
was discovered 33 years ago by astronomer Eleanor Helen in California.
And now it's here.
NASA's jet propulsion lab has classified 1989 J. A.
as a potentially hazardous asteroid due to his projected close passes with Earth.
Yes, you heard that correctly.
There will be more than one pass.
Its size is impressive clocking in at approximately 1.1 miles in diameter,
making it larger than 99% of the asteroids in our system.
But fear not. The asteroid is expected to Miss Earth by roughly 2.5 million miles.
This time It's projected to make 16 more flybys Through 21-94 but will
not come this close to earth for at least another 172 years.
And in case you didn't notice asteroids are large rock remnants left over
from the formation of a solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
So far. Scientists have identified more than a million of them.
I tell you it's rough out here