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Asteroid The Size Of The Empire State Building Will Skim Past Earth Today by RoyalBlak007(op): 8:03am On Mar 07, 2018

A monster asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is set to fly past Earth tomorrow at a dizzying speed of 14,092 miles per hour.
The asteroid, dubbed 2017 VR12, is expected to pass within 900,000 miles of Earth around 7:53am (EST) on Wednesday.
With a diameter between 700ft and 1,500ft, VR12 could be bigger than New York City 's Empire State Building, which is 1,450ft tall.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5470037/Hazardous-monster-asteroid-fly-past-earth-Wednesday-night.html
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Re: Asteroid The Size Of The Empire State Building Will Skim Past Earth Today by RoyalBlak007(op): 8:04am On Mar 07, 2018

VR12's close encounter to Earth has earned it the designation of a 'potentially hazardous asteroid' by NASA.
The space agency describes asteroids as 'hazardous' if they come within 4,600,000 miles of our planet.
Late Wednesday evening, VR12 will fly past earth at a distance of 897,000 miles.
That's three times distance between our planet and the moon.

Re: Asteroid The Size Of The Empire State Building Will Skim Past Earth Today by RoyalBlak007(op): 8:05am On Mar 07, 2018

However, NASA cautioned that there's no possibility that 2017 VR12 will collide with Earth.
In fact, the agency believes the asteroid could be a perfect target for future aerospace studies.

Re: Asteroid The Size Of The Empire State Building Will Skim Past Earth Today by RoyalBlak007(op): 8:05am On Mar 07, 2018

The VR12 asteroid has a diameter that's between 700ft and 1,500ft. That makes VR12 bigger than New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), which is 1,450ft tall.

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