Asteroid bigger than ten buses is heading in the direction of Earth | Lovin.ie

NASA says the asteroid, called 2013 WV44 and estimated to be up to 524 feet (160 metres) in diameter will pass around 9am BST.

According to a report by MailOnline the asteroid will be travelling at 11.8 km per second, or over 26,000 miles per hour.

Despite being around nine times further out than the moon, the asteroid is classed as a near-Earth object (NEO) and is being tracked by NASA.

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