The asteroid, named 2006 HV5, is one of the many Near-Earth Objects tracked by NASA.
A massive 1,312-foot asteroid is forecast to sail past the Earth in a relatively close encounter on April 26.
Stock image of an asteroid passing Earth. An asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower is due to fly by the Earth on April 26.2006 HV5 will pass the Earth at 6.3 lunar distances, or 6.3 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. This equates to around 1.5 million miles, which may seem extremely far, but is a close fly-by in space terms. Our nearestAsteroids are small chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system billions of years ago.
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