Asteroid almost as big as Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner to collide with Earth’s orbit
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dailystar.co.ukNASA is tracking a huge asteroid estimated to be almost as big as the mighty Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner.Asteroid 2016 QE45 is expected to zip past Earth on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 01:48am EST (Eastern Standard Time), the equivalent to 5.48am GMT.The rock is expected to fly by at a whopping 13.25 kilometres per second, which is the same as a whopping 29,639 miles per hour.
NASA is keeping an eye on QE45 because of its proximity to Earth, classing the object as an NEO, a Near Earth Object. Stargazers will be disappointed to learn that although NASA deems it close to the planet, it is actually thousands of miles away.
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