On April 29, it will pass within 3,908,791 miles of Earth, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The flyby is expected to occur at 5:56 a.m. eastern time in the US, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. They have been tracking this particular asteroid for 20 years, according to NASA. Gianluca Masi, founder and scientific director of The Virtual Telescope in Italy, has been tracking and imaging it for some time. If it did impact Earth, the asteroid is "large enough to cause global effects," according to NASA, back when the asteroid was first discovered.

Source: The Standard April 29, 2020 03:56 UTC