asteroid that's bigger than the Eiffel Tower is hurtling towards Earth and is set to smash into its orbit next week, according to NASA's register of all space debris making a "close approach" to our planet.At 330 metres, the asteroid designated 4660 Nereus is larger than both the Eiffel Tower or the Shard and is travelling at speeds of up to four miles per second, heading towards Earth's orbit.However, the asteroid is said to not pose a threat to Earth as it will fly past our orbit on December 11 at a distance of some 2.4million miles away from us, which is around ten times the distance between our planet and the moon.Despite this, NASA regards the asteroid as 'potentially hazardous' as it fits into their parameters of being at least.
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