It is 'potentially hazardous.'
So far, NASA has a database of over 28,000 asteroids that it tracks down diligently, looking for little changes in their trajectories that could send them crashing towards our planet.
The asteroid is moving at the speed of 20,512 miles an hour, which is about 27 times the speed of sound. According to NASA's criteria, any object that comes within 120 million miles of the Earth is classified as a "near-Earth Object." While those within 4.65 million miles are classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," of which 2015FF is one.While astronomers keep an eye out for NEOs and PHAs, asteroids can sneak up on us at times.When these asteroids are small, they burn up as they enter the Earth's atmosphere.
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