Mountain-sized asteroid to zip by Earth

Talia Naquin

June 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM·1 min read

(WJW) – Two asteroids, including one the size of a mountain, will fly by Earth this week.

The biggest one will pass by Earth just after 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday.

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It will come within 4.1 million miles of our planet and is one of the largest asteroids to do so in more than 100 years, according to simulations by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

It’s larger than 99% of known near-Earth asteroids, according to the European Space Agency.

It is going to be a fast fly-by.

According to Live Science, it will cruise past Earth at about 58,000 mph.

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The other asteroid is less than 800 feet in diameter, according to Live Science.

It will pass closer to us than the moon on June 29.

There is no danger from either of the asteroids.

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