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Asteroid swarm: NASA tracks three large space rocks barreling towards Earth tomorrow


Asteroid 2019 UK6

The first asteroid to approach our home planet tomorrow is the Asteroid 2019 UK6.

First spotted on October 24 this year, the asteroid will arrive around 6.20am GMT (1.20am EDT).

NASA estimates the space rock measures somewhere in the range of 157.5ft to 360.8ft (48m to 110m) across.

At the upper end of that estimate, the asteroid stands taller than Big Ben’s clocktower in London.

Tomorrow, the rock will zip by Earth at speeds of about 7.75km per second or 17,336mph (27,900km/h).



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