NASA monitoring 450ft asteroid set to crash through Earth's orbit at 30,000mph this week

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A huge asteroid, some 450 feet across, is set to cross the Earth’s orbit on Friday according to NASA tracking data.The object, designated 2021RE, is expected to come within 3,400,000 miles of Earth on September 10 – a near-miss by astronomical standards.For comparison, the Moon is a mere 238,855 miles away from us.2021RE is calculated to be travelling at speed in the region of 30,000mph, it it would make a sizeable dent if it struck the Earth..The Earth is bombarded with over 100 tons of tiny space rocks and other interplanetary debris – the size of small pebbles – every day.Anything smaller than an average car is likely to burn up as it enters the atmosphere and it not considered any.