Asteroid 2024 GJ2 Makes Closest Approach to Earth Today

The car-sized asteroid, discovered just days ago, passes within 12,000 kilometers of Earth without posing any threat.

Asteroid 2024 GJ2, measuring between 2.5 and 5 meters, closely passes Earth today at a distance of approximately 12,000 kilometers.
The asteroid's proximity is just 3% of the distance to the moon, marking one of the closest such approaches without posing a danger.
Discovered on April 9, 2024, the asteroid will not make a comparably close approach until 2093.
NASA and ESA have tracked the asteroid, confirming its harmless trajectory despite its close proximity.
No large asteroid poses a significant threat to Earth for the next 100 years, according to NASA's predictions.