The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) nearly issued a warning after it predicted that an asteroid the size of a football pitch would zoom past Earth on Friday (February 2).
The asteroid in question, named 2008 OS7, has been classified as potentially hazardous and is expected to come within 1.7 million miles of Earth – about seven times further out than the Moon – at a speed of around 11 miles per second, the Telegraph reported.
2008 OS7 has been identified as being potentially hazardous because it comes reasonably close to our planet and could, therefore, cause significant damage in the event of an impact.
