An asteroid wider than two professional football fields is set to fly safely past Earth on Sept. 14, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. It is expected to fly past Earth at a speed of nearly 24,000 mph and come within a distance of 4.2 million miles. ASTEROID TO FLY PAST EARTH JUST BEFORE ELECTION DAY, NASA SAYSAsteroid 2020 QL2 is considered "potentially hazardous" by NASA, given its size and close proximity to Earth, although it has almost no chance of hitting the planet next week. In August, a basketball court-sized asteroid flew "at least" 45,000 miles away from Earth, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch. Separately in August, an asteroid the size of a pickup truck flew within 2,000 miles of Earth, the closest ever recorded.

Source: Fox News September 08, 2020 11:26 UTC