Blue whale-sized asteroid flies by Earth at 27,768-kmph speed

A blue whale-sized asteroid flew by Earth at a speed of 27,768 kmph at around 1.09 pm (Indian Standard Time) on Saturday, as per NASA. The asteroid is named 2019 JN2 and it is categorised as Near-Earth Object (NEO). NEOs are space rocks that have orbits that bring them close to Earth.