NASA has announced that asteroid 2025 KF, which was discovered in early 2024, is expected to pass close to Earth on Wednesday, May 21. According to NASA's asteroid tracking system, the object is estimated to be roughly equivalent in size to 12.5 fully grown gorillas, which translates to a diameter of approximately 20–25 meters, based on the average weight and size of an adult gorilla. While the asteroid will pass near Earth, current projections indicate that it does not pose any threat of collision. NASA and other space agencies routinely monitor near-Earth objects (NEOs) to assess any potential risks and to better understand the population of asteroids in the solar system. Events like this are relatively common, with several small to medium-sized asteroids passing within close proximity to Earth each year. The monitoring of such objects is part of ongoing planetary defense efforts to detect and track any celestial bodies that could potentially impact Earth in the future.