NASA asteroid tracker: Look out for 22,600MPH asteroid skim the Earth as close as MOON

In the past, the asteroid visited Earth’s corner of space on three occasions between February 2010 and April 2016.

On April 5, 2016, the asteroid also flew past the Moon incredibly close.

Next week, the asteroid will shoot past Earth likely for the last time in the foreseeable future but will do so from a very close distance.

According to NASA, the barrelling space rock will reach a minimum distance on April 4 of 0.00285 astronomical units (au) from Earth.

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