Asteroid five times the size of world's tallest building will pass Earth this week
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dailyrecord.co.ukAt 2,722ft, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world. But it could be dwarfed be an enormous asteroid that is set to fly past Earth this week.The enormous new asteroid is classed as "potentially hazardous" and is estimated to measure between 1.8km - 4.1km in diameter - that's up to 13,451 feet.
The space rock will make its closest approach to Earth at around 10:56 GMT on Wednesday 29 April, at which point it will be around 3.9 million miles from Earth, The Mirror reports.
While this may be 16 times farther than the moon, it’s classed as a "close approach" by NASA. Scientists insists the asteroid poses no danger and joked that the latest image of it looks like it is wearing a mask due to dust and debris around it.As
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