NASA: Dinosaur-sized asteroid headed toward Earth

Asteroid 2022 PW may be small, but it will fly dangerously close to the Earth.

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It is relatively close to the Moon's distance to the planet.

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The dinosaur-sized asteroid is set to have a close flyby with the Earth on Tuesday, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

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The name of the asteroid is designated 2022 PW.

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The asteroid in question will pass by on August 16, 2022, as noted by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

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The speed of Dinosaur-sized asteroid is 7.47 kilometers per second, which equates to 26,892 kilometers per hour.

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This speed is almost equal to nearly 22 times the speed of sound.

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According to NASA's CNEOS, the asteroid 2022 PW will pass the Earth at a distance of approximately 529,000 kilometers.

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