Massive asteroid 'heading' towards earth

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Last Updated : Feb 16 2014 | 2:50 PM IST

A massive and 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will supposedly be passing by earth soon.

The asteroid, dubbed 2000 EM26, which is the size of three football fields and is travelling at over 27,000 miles per hour, has been deemed a near miss by NASA, the Daily Star reported.

The event will be broadcasted live the online observatory website Sloosh via YouTube.

A post on the website claims that on February 17th, a near-earth asteroid will come racing by Earth on its close-approach.

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First Published: Feb 16 2014 | 2:41 PM IST

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