![]() When it passes by, the asteroid will be bright enough that small optical telescopes can be used to spot it in the night sky. Not much is known about asteroid 2014 JO25 other than its approximate size, its trajectory (or path around the sun) and that its surface is about twice as reflective as that of the moon. The last time an asteroid that large, or larger, came that close to Earth was in 2004. What makes the upcoming close approach of asteroid 2014 JO25 unique is that it is a rather large asteroid, measuring about 2,000 feet (more than 600 meters) across. This asteroid poses no threat to Earth and, in fact, asteroids safely fly by Earth quite regularly. On April 19, an asteroid named 2014 JO25 will safely fly by Earth, passing at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) of the planet.
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