Should we be worried? ‘Big Ben-sized’ asteroid to make ‘close approach’ of Earth at 30,000mph today

Published time: 19 Feb, 2019 15:00

An asteroid named 2013 MD8, measuring almost 280ft in diameter and travelling at over 30,000mph, will just miss the Earth later today, performing one of three Near-Earth Object (NEO) flybys this week.

The Near-Earth Object will make what is considered a “close approach” at 15 times the distance between the Moon and the Earth, roughly three million miles away, at 12:55pm (ET) Tuesday, but is considered no threat.

NEOs are classified as all asteroids and comets that orbit within 30 million miles of Earth, and of this group, those that pass within a radius of 4,600,000 miles of the Earth are considered “hazardous.” 16,000 out of 600,000 known asteroids in our solar system are considered NEOs.

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