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Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles 195 million kilometers of the Sun which means they can circulate through the Earths orbital neighborhood. It is more than twice the size of the Empire State Building. An Asteroid S Upcoming Close Pass With Earth Has Been In The Press Lately But Is It Really Newsworthy Astronomer Earth Space And Astronomy NASA Asteroid Watch Tuesday is the day to catch a glimpse of a kilometer-wide asteroid zooming past Earth. . As reported by WION earlier this year in May a giant 1600-foot wide asteroid larger than the Empire State Building whizzed past the Earth. Asteroid 2022 KY4 is between 220 and 492. The meaty space rock is estimated to measure between 557 and. The asteroid belongs to the Apollo group. NASA astronomers discovered the asteroid known as 2022 OE2 just days ago on July 26. An asteroid will be safely passing by Earth on Tues...