An enormous asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper is expected to make a close flyby of Earth in the early hours of September 18, as reported by scientists.
Known as “2025 FA22,” the asteroid is predicted to zip past the planet at a speed exceeding 24,000 miles per hour. It is anticipated to make similar passes in 2089 and 2173.
The asteroid measures between 427 and 951 feet across, similar in size to a large skyscraper.
FILE PHOTO: Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact in this image taken by DART’s on board DRACO imager from a distance of 68 kilometers, and released September 26, 2022. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Handout via REUTERS)
Asteroids are rocky formations of the solar system from billions of years ago that are seen orbiting the sun and can be different sizes.
NASA estimates more than 1.3 million asteroids are in the solar system, with over 30,000 classified as near-Earth objects.
NASA’s Asteroid Watch always monitors asteroids that could come within 4.6 million miles of Earth.
Any object larger than 492 feet passing within 4.6 million miles of Earth earns a “potentially hazardous” label.
Fox News Digital has reached out to NASA for comment.
