A huge asteroid the size of around 100 capybaras is set to pass Earth on Tuesday, October 3, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.
The asteroid in question has been designated 349507 (2008 QY), according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.
Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is estimated to have a possible diameter as wide as 1.2 kilometers. As far as asteroids that skim past the Earth go, that's insane, far exceeding the size of most close flybys.
Source: www.jpost.com
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