Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

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Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-761322

Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.

Giant asteroid the size of 1,000 capybaras to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

While the asteroid is traveling too far to pose any risk to the Earth, a possible impact event with it could become a worldwide catastrophe.