An incredible video has been filmed by astronomers, showing a ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid that’s set to fly past Earth tomorrow.
The asteroid, dubbed 52768 (1998 OR2), is estimated to measure between 1.8km - 4.1km in diameter. At the higher end of that estimate, it suggests the asteroid could be up to five times as big as the Burj Khalifa!
According to NASA, 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.
While this might sound far, it’s classed as a ‘close approach’ by NASA. Ahead of tomorrow’s passing, astronomers from The Virtual Telescope Project have shared an incredible video of the asteroid flying through the
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