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Matt Atherton & Jacob Rawley

Asteroid to fly by Earth in rare 'near approach' this weekend

An asteroid will whizz past Earth this weekend in an exciting 'near approach' which will be live streamed.

The asteroid, which a space expert has dubbed a 'city killer', has no chance of hitting earth - but may be close enough to view with the right equipment. Known as '2023 DZ2', the space rock is set to make a clean pass by our planet at around 7.50pm on Saturday, March 25, speeding at more than 17,000mph.

As reported by the Mirror Online, it will pass at a distance of almost 110,000 miles from our planet which is close enough to be officially classified as a 'near-Earth object'.

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