Asteroid expected to fly by Earth this week

An asteroid will be flying near the Earth this weekend.

While it may be bigger than the Empire State Building, it will be more than 5 million kilometers away from the planet, Tech Times reports.

Given the name 163348 (2002 NN4), the asteroid is expected to travel at a velocity of 11,146 kilometers per hour and will pass by near the Earth on Saturday, June 6, according to LADbible.

SpaceReference.org reported that 163348 (2002 NN4) is a "very small" asteroid that NASA has classified as "Potentially Hazardous" due to its predicated close pass with Earth. It measures between 0.254 to 0.568 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than the Empire State Building in New York, which is 0.4432 kilometers in height.