asteroid estimated to be bigger than Europe's tallest structure, the Ostankino Tower, is set to collide with Earth’s orbit this weekend.NASA’s centre of Near Earth Object studies is tracking the giant space rock on its close approach list.It is classed as an Aten asteroid, which is an asteroid most likely to hit Earth because of its tendency to act erratically, space.com claims.
The asteroid, named 2015 NU13, will fly past the planet at 9.16am Eastern Standard Time, which is 2.16pm Greenwich Mean Time on September 9th.
Asteroid NU13 is expected to zip past Earth at speeds up to 15.08 kilometers per second – a whopping 33,732 miles per hour. NASA estimates the rock to be between 310m – 680m wide, bigger than most skyscrapers on planet.
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