Get Your Telescopes Ready: Huge Asteroid to Fly by the Earth, Won't See It Again for 200 Years

Steve Warren
01-18-2022

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An asteroid bigger than New York City's Empire State building is set to soar past Earth on Tuesday. 

EarthSky reports the rock's estimated size is around 3,280 feet which is 2 and a half times the size of the New York skyscraper. 

But Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 will be about 1.2 million miles away which is about five lunar distances at its closest approach.

Astronomers say the icy space rock won't be visible to the naked eye but a small telescope should do the trick as it's traveling at 43,754 miles per hour, according to EarthSky. 

NASA is preparing for closer calls in the future. But there's no need to fear. 

The space agency says this asteroid should pass safely by our planet on Tuesday and won't be back for another 200 years or so.

NASA even has a website, so you can track the space rock yourself. 

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Steve Warren is a senior multimedia producer for CBN News. Warren has worked in the news departments of television stations and cable networks across the country. In addition, he also worked as a producer-director in television production and on-air promotion. A Civil War historian, he authored the book The Second Battle of Cabin Creek: Brilliant Victory. It was the companion book to the television documentary titled Last Raid at Cabin Creek currently streaming on Amazon Prime. He holds an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and a B.A. in Communication from the University of
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