Nasa says ‘close approach’ of giant space rock at 30,000mph on Thursday

AN enormous space rock zipped past Earth Thursday at around 7pm. Asteroid 2013 BO76 hurtled past on Thursday at a staggering 30,000 miles per hour, according to Nasa trackers. At up to 450 meters across, it’s roughly the same size as the Empire State Building. Fortunately, the speedy object missed our planet by some distance. It flew by at a safe distance of around 3.1million miles, according to data on Nasa’s Near-Earth Object database. That’s 13 times the gap between Earth and the Moon – a near-miss in space terms. Read our asteroid ‘close approach’ live blog for the latest… Read Full Article