Huge 430ft asteroid set to crash into Earth's orbital path tomorrow

dailyrecord.co.uk:

NASA has warned that a huge 430ft asteroid is hurtling towards the Earth’s orbital path. Experts have kept a close eye on the 1994 WR12 space rock since it was first discovered by American astronomer Carolyn S.

Shoemaker. It is said to be almost the same size as Blackpool Tower and twice as large as Big Ben, the Mirror reports. If the asteroid were to strike Earth, then the impact would produce the equivalent energy to 77 megatons of TNT.

But fear not, as 1994 WR12 is set to pass our planet at a distance of 3.8 million miles away on Monday.Boffins have said that an asteroid entering our atmosphere is inevitable at some point.When that happens, Professor Alan Duffy, director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute, urged people not