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It passed just 2,200 miles from the earth's surface. experts say that while this space rock, known as 20.23 bu, is too small to do any damage it illustrates how little we know about the near—earth environment. well, joining me now from birmingham here in england is space science commentator andrew lound. good morning. there was only spotted last saturday, not very long ago, is probably a piece of another major asteroid, a fragment that got blasted off maybe many thousand millions of years ago. every self and it crosses the earth's path, and it has probably passed the earth numerous times alr...

A huge asteroid is expected to fly by Earth later today.

A huge asteroid is expected to fly by Earth later today.

This doesn't happen every day. in just over an hour's time an asteroid the size of a bus is due to skim past the tip of south america, just 2,200 miles from the earth's surface. nasa says it will be one of the closest asteroid approaches ever recorded. experts say that while this space rock is too small to do any damage, it illustrates how little we know about the near—earth environment. i'm joined now by andy rivkin, planetary astronomer atjohns hopkins university from laurel, maryland in the us. it's great to get you on the programme. just to make sure we're all safe here... how unusual is...

A huge asteroid is expected to fly by Earth later today.