Asteroid 2022 GN1 ‘close approach’ LIVE – Nasa finds space rock set to buzz Earth in just HOURS

A SCHOOLBUS-SIZED asteroid will make a very close approach today, according to space object trackers. Astronomers only spotted the near-Earth space rock 2022 GN1 a few days ahead of its head-turning flyby on Tuesday evening. Nasa has logged the 16-meter-long mass on its “close approach” online database, though it poses no danger to our planet. The asteroid is expected to soar past at a safe distance of around 79,000 miles (127,000 km). That may sound like a considerable gap but is remarkably close in space terms at around a third of the space between Earth and the Moon. The Virtual… Read Full Article