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Near-miss Asteroid 2020 QL2 as big as football pitch to fly past Earth on Monday – Birmingham Live
Among recent ‘near-Earth objects’ it’s one of the biggest but won’t be as terrifying close as the rock that flew past less than 2,000 miles from us in August
An asteroid the size of a football pitch is to whizz past planet Earth on Monday, September 14.
The giant chunk of rock, named Asteroid 2020 QL2, is up to 120 metres in diameter.
It’s among the ‘near Earth objects’ being documented and observed by astronomers.
The asteroid is among the largest of recent space rocks to be coming relatively close to the Earth.
An asteroid is coming – but don’t worry, it’s not on a collision course (Image: PA)
Luckily it has no chance of hitting us, so we can …
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