A ‘doubtlessly hazardous’ blue-whale-size asteroid will zip by Earth’s orbit on Friday

A ‘doubtlessly hazardous’ blue-whale-size asteroid will zip by Earth’s orbit on Friday



A “doubtlessly hazardous” asteroid the dimensions of a blue whale is ready to zip previous Earth on Friday (Aug. 12), in line with NASA (opens in new tab).

The asteroid, named 2015 FF, has an estimated diameter between 42 and 92 ft (13 and 28 meters), or concerning the physique size of an grownup blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), and it’ll zoom previous the Earth at 20,512 mph (33,012 km/h).