NASA has issued an alert for a stadium sized asteroid
set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday.
The 2024 on asteroid measures 290 metres across and will
come within 1,000,000 kilometres of Earth.
The space rock last made a pass of Earth in
2013 and will make another approach in 2035.
According to NASA's data, the Virtual Telescope project captured the
potentially hazardous asteroid on the 9th of September, travelling at
around 40,000 kilometers per hour, reaching a minimum distance that
is 2.6 times the average lunar distance.
2024 on poses no risk to Earth on its current
trajectory.
However, even a small deviation could have major consequences.
The asteroid will not pass close enough to see without
a telescope.