NASA: 5 asteroids to fly past Earth this week

Five asteroids, one as large as a house and two each the size of an airplane, will fly past Earth between September 6 and September 12, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, Report informs via CBS News.

The house-sized asteroid, called JA5, will be the first to approach, passing by the planet on September 6. It will pass within 5.1 million km of Earth, and was first observed in 2021. According to NASA, the asteroid is about 18 meters in size, hence its comparison to a house.

Two asteroids will go past Earth on September 8. One, called QC5, has been compared to a plane and will be about 22.3 meters in size, and the other, named GE, is about the size of a bus. The airplane-sized asteroid was first observed in 2023, and will be within 4.07 km million km of Earth. The second asteroid was first observed in 2020, and will pass within 5.72 million km of the planet.

The second airplane-sized asteroid, QF6, was discovered in 2023 and measures about 21 meters in size. It will pass Earth on September 10. This one will come the closest to the planet, traveling about 2.65 million km from Earth.

The final expected asteroid will also be the size of a bus and fly by Earth on September 12. This asteroid, measuring about 7.62 meters in size, was first discovered in 2020 and was named RT2. This week, it will be about 4.22 million km from Earth.