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Newly discovered asteroid larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will zoom between Earth and the moon on Saturday
On Saturday (June 29), an asteroid larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will fly past Earth at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 MK, poses no risk to our planet.
Although the hefty space rock poses no threat to Earth, NASA classifies it as a " potentially hazardous asteroid" due to its large size and precarious orbit, which occasionally crosses that of our planet. Shortly after its close approach to Earth and the moon this weekend, 2024 MK will zoom back out toward the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and will not return to our neighborhood until 2037, according to NASA predictions. Despite this ample breathing room, 2011 UL21 was the largest asteroid to come that close to Earth in 110 years, according to the Virtual Telescope Project, which livestreamed the encounter Thursday (June 27).
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