Asteroid Bigger Than The Empire State Building Will Come Close Next Week
Read more: Visit website An asteroid as wide as the Empire State Building is tall will fly by Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, precisely 11 years after its discovery. For such a large object to come close to Earth is rated as a once-per-year event, but it won't pose any threat. A 1,500-foot (450-meter) asteroid will pass closest to Earth at 5:27 UTC — 00:27 a.m. EST — on Wednesday, coming within 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) of the planet — about 5.7 times farther than the moon. The moon is, on average, 238,855 miles/384,400 kilometers from Ea