"For a brief period of time, a giant asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier, will be the closest celestial body to earth-closer even than the moon. The asteroid will pass Earth to within eight-tenths of the distance of the moon at 4.58 am IST on Wednesday, NASA has said. At the closest point, it will be within 323,469 km of Earth.
Though the space agency has classified the asteroid-called Asteroid 2005 YU55-- as a "potentially hazardous object", experts from NASA's Near Earth Object Program have said that it will not crash into the earth.
In the eventuality of it crashing into Earth, scientists say it could cause a 70-foot high tsunami within 60 miles of the crash site or a 7.0 magnitude earthquake."
In the eventuality of it crashing into Earth, scientists say it could cause a 70-foot high tsunami within 60 miles of the crash site or a 7.0 magnitude earthquake."
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