NASA asteroid tracker: A 450FT asteroid is barrelling for Monday APPROACH

With these terrifying dimensions in mind, the good news is NASA does not expect CM4 to crash into Earth any time soon.

At its closest, the asteroid will miss the Earth by more than 3.2 million miles (5.2 kilometres).

But the asteroid is a prime example of a so-called “Near-Earth Object” (NEO), which warrants interest from NASA and fellow space agencies.

NASA explained: “As soon as a near-Earth object is discovered, scientists around the world begin tracking its orbital path.

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