Asteroid 2013 BO76 LIVE – Nasa says ‘close approach’ of giant space rock at 30,000mph due to happen TOMORROW
AN enormous space rock will zip past Earth tomorrow.
Asteroid 2013 BO76 will hurtle past on Thursday at a staggering 30,000 miles per hour, according to Nasa trackers.
At up to 450 meters across, it’s roughly the same size as the Empire State Building.
Fortunately, the speedy object is expected to miss our planet by some distance.
It’ll fly by at a safe distance of around 3.1million miles, according to data on Nasa’s Near-Earth Object database.
That’s or 13 times the gap between Earth and the Moon – a near-miss in space terms.
Read our asteroid ‘close approach’ live blog for the latest news and updates…