Huge asteroid up to twice the size of Big Ben to enter Earth's orbit this weekend

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A massive asteroid up to twice the size of Big Ben is set to enter Earth’s orbit this weekend.Scientists at NASA are tracking the space rock, and have dubbed it 2019 YM6.It will enter the Earth’s orbit on Saturday, July 31, and is travelling at a speed of 30,131mph.Scientists have estimated its diameter to be between 100-230m – while Big Ben stands at just 96m.However, it will safely pass 4.27 million miles from the Earth.For comparison, the moon is 238,855 miles away from us.

However, the asteroid will pass closer than Venus, 125.9 million miles away.2019 YM6 is classed as an Apollo asteroid, “near-Earth asteroid orbits which cross the Earth's orbit similar to that of 1862 Apollo”.NASA.