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Measuring just over a half a mile (2,722ft) tall, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building in the world since it was built in 2004. But Dubai's enormous building pales in comparison to an asteroid that's set to pass Earth this week. The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA) measures a whopping 1.1 miles (1.8km)…

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The asteroid 1989 JA is more than a mile long and is twice the size of the tallest building in the world. But no need to fear: It wont hit us.

Designated 7335 (1989 JA), this large asteroid is estimated to be around 1.8 kilometers wide. For context, Plum Island, the small island off the coast of New York, is around 1.6 kilometers wide.

The near-Earth asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will make a close approach to our planet on May 27, 2022, flying within about 2.5 million miles of Earth.

NASA estimates the asteroid to have the size of a standard bridge, enough to cause widespread damage in case an asteroid impact occurs.

Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) is heading in our direction at 8.22 kilometers per second and will pass us by at a distance of over 5.7 million kilometers.

Designated 467460 (2006 JF42), the skyscraper-sized asteroid was almost certainly never going to hit, so why did NASA warn that it was potentially hazardous?

NASA has recently issued an asteroid warning as a massive space rock is estimated to make a close approach to Earth soon. The cosmic object, known as 2008 TZ3, is much larger than New York's Empire State Building and is considered by the space agency as "potentially hazardous."

This is not the first time that Asteroid 388945 has paid us a visit. It passed very close to Earth in May 2020