![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/huge-asteroid-twice-the-size-of-the-shard-set-to-crash-past-earth-for-halloween/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_Burning-asteroid-moving-through-the-Earth.jpg&description=The 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, called 2022 RM4, is being closely monitored by NASA and is due to zoom past our planet at speeds of around 52,500 mph on November 1The 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will tumble past Earth next weekA huge asteroid double the size of the Shard will tumble past Earth next week, according to NASA. The "potentially hazardous" asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an estimated diameter of between 1,083 and 2,428 feet (330 and 740 meters). This is more than twice the size of the Shard in London - the UK's tallest building, which stands at 310 meters. In fact, the asteroid is almost the size of Dubai's 2,716-foot-tall (828m) Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world According to NASA, via LiveScience.com, the huge asteroid will travel past our planet at around 52,500 mph (84,500 km/h), or roughly 68 times the speed of sound. It is thought the asteroid will pass Earth at a distance of around 1.43 million miles (2.3 million kilometres) which is around six times further than the distance to the moon. This means there is little chance the asteroid will collide with Earth, so should pose no threat to the planet. The asteroid is almost the size of Dubai's 2,716-foot-tall (828m) Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world ( Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF) However, experts have previously said that an asteroid entering our atmosphere is inevitable at some point. When that happens, Professor Alan Duffy, director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute, urged people not to be too curious. Speaking to the I've Got News For You, he said: "I would say the best advice is, for goodness sake, do not look at this thing. "I mean, it's going to be hard not to – the brightness of the glare from these objects burning up in the atmosphere. "That's actually what caused a lot of the injuries in Chelyabinsk (a meteor strike in Russia in 2013), people not unreasonably looked up at this enormous burning fireball in the sky, whose brightnes){kind=link}
The ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid, called 2022 RM4, is being closely monitored by NASA and is due to zoom past our planet at speeds of around 52,500 mph on November 1
A huge asteroid double the size of the Shard will tumble past Earth next week, according to NASA.
The “potentially hazardous” asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an estimated diameter of between 1,083 and 2,428 feet (330 and 740 meters).
This is more than twice the size of the Shard in London – the UK’s tallest building, which stands at 310 meters.
In fact, the asteroid is almost the size of Dubai’s 2,716-foot-tall (828m) Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world