This means the asteroid will fly by our planet, safely, at just over 269,000 kilometres away. Data from NASA shows the asteroid is zooming through the solar system at a staggering 12 kilometres per second, or more than 43,000 kilometres per hour. The extremely close approach to our planet will allow scientists to study the space rock, as it has been deemed a near Earth object (NEO). Asteroid travelling at 43,000km per hour to come closer than the Moon tomorrow (Image: GETTY) The orbit of 2021 EQ3 (Image: NASA) NASA said on its JPL website: “NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood.