Asteroid as big as a house will fly by between the Earth and Moon this October
Asteroid has already been spotted flying close to Earth in 2012.
Léa Surugue
By Léa Surugue
August 11, 2017 09:54 BST
An asteroid the size of a house will fly past close to Earth on 12 October 2017, astronomers from the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced.
It will swoop past the Moon's orbit, but without posing any danger to our planet. Indeed, the scientists have estimated that it would zoom past at a distance of about 44,000 kilometres (27,300 miles) – an eight of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/asteroid-big-house-will-fly-by-between-earth-moon-this-october-1634606
