A “potentially hazardous” XXL-sized asteroid traveling at approximately 30,000 miles per hour is expected to zoom by the Earth later this week — but unless it makes an unexpected left turn over Albuquerque, it is not expected to make contact with the planet.
What Happened: According to combined media reports, the asteroid named 1989 JA is 1.1 miles long, which makes it roughly 10 times the size of the Statue of Liberty or twice the size of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
