NASA reveals that asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to zoom past Earth at 52,500mph on November 1

NASA reveals that asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to zoom past Earth at 52,500mph on November 1
(Representational pictures, photo by ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team via Getty Images; NASA/JPL-Caltec via Getty Images)

An asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa, deemed as "potentially dangerous" will shoot past Earth on Tuesday, November 1, at 52,500mph, NASA announced. The asteroid is called the 2022 RM4 and is expected to to come as close as 1.4 million miles to Earth at 6.26 pm GMT.

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According to Daily Mail, the asteroid is said to be 2,427ft in diameter, almost as big as Burj Khalifa, which is 2,722ft. The asteroid will reach a speed of 23.4km per second, which is approximately 65 times the speed of sound.