Asteroid so huge it has its own MOON set to zoom past earth today

Asteroid 1998 QE2 has the same level of force as the giant rock that eliminated the dinosaurs, experts have said, and will make its near-miss approach to Earth later tonight.

Although it will keep a relatively safe distance of 3.6 million miles - roughly 15 times the distance between Earth and the Moon - the 1.7-mile monster rock is  giving astronomers the "best look at this asteroid ever," NASA said.






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