Huge asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza will skim past Earth at 56,000mph today, NASA warns

 

A huge asteroid almost the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza will skim past Earth today, NASA has warned. 

The 120m (394ft) asteroid, scientifically named 2024 JZ, will pass the planet at a staggering speed of 56,000 mph (90,123) – 65 times faster than a bullet. 

But there is no need to head for the doomsday bunker just yet since this asteroid will safely past Earth at a distance of 2.6 million miles (4.2 million km). 

While this might sound far away, the asteroid is still classed as a ‘near-Earth object’ (NEO) by NASA.  

Dr Edward Bloomer, senior astronomer at Royal Greenwich Observatory, told MailOnline: ‘Today’s passing is not a concern at all, this is not the kind of thing we should be worrying about.’

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