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Asteroid 7482 also known as Asteroid 1994 PC1 of a huge size will fly past the planet Earth on Tuesday 18 January. It is about 1.6 km wide and twice the size of Burj Khalifa said NASA.
Asteroids that come close to Earth are called Near-Earth Objects and scientists believe that comets and asteroids probably delivered some of the water and other ingredients on the planet.
The asteroid has been dubbed as a near Earth object by Nasa since it passes at a distance less than 120 million miles from the planet.
The asteroid is hurtling at a staggering speed of 56,916 kilometres per hour and will cross the planet on Friday.
NASA is soon launching its mission for exploring the fossils of planet formation, i.e