Astronomers are tracking a large and 'potentially hazardous' asteroid that is set to make a relatively close pass by the Earth on Tuesday.
last Wednesday. "Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away next Tues., Jan. 18.", 1994 PC1 is larger than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and more than twice the size of the Empire State Building in New York City.
It's also fast and will be traveling at a speed of roughly 45,000 mph when it passes by Earth on Tuesday, according to NASA. While it won't hit Earth, NASA deems 1994 PC1 a "potentially hazardous object" because of its size and distance from our planet.
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