Asteroid set to make close encounter with Earth

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Massive asteroid is set for a close call with the -- When the space rock which is said to be half the size of a football field buzzes by our planet's getting much closer to less than the -- is or even any of the man made satellites that we have up -- -- could get a little close for comfort.

Tariq Malik is -- managing editor space dot com good to have you with us this -- -- -- -- to be so.

20/20.

Is when this is expected to possibly happen how close today it's gonna be -- if it hits that's what kind of damage is -- likely to do.

Well.

That's what and then there's a really -- you won't pass next month on the fifteen.

This after he was gonna swing.

Just 171000 miles away from earth and it's a much lower in the navigation satellite -- better.

We use every day for our -- and yes.

Now is gonna hit this -- -- but there's such a close encounter of Iraq is it is looking like a forty meters.

Why did you nearly -- And -- they haven't had this kind of encounter.

Opera is -- -- war -- -- you want the scientists and astronomers are going to be tracking after.

Its -- my -- to see how this is what it will change -- -- for when it does come around.

Yeah I mean in in -- terms these things happen you know every east.

Thousands of years several thousands of years so what was the last time -- something like this.

Did actually make contact and what was the impact.

Want to give you some perspective this this -- Astrid is about the same size as.

The rocket exploded over Siberia in 1908.

-- -- an -- that level.

Hundreds of square miles a lot of land just does complete devastation and ending it the plant exploded and -- as you're above the ground.

Susan -- can't power pack a wallop in the Indian hit you.

It a year and I think that the -- -- maybe once every forty years a state the year.

I actual strike but we aren't -- just don't want to read or.

Yeah I mean this is six to seven years away and and 70% of the -- is covered in water so it's unlikely that it would hit anywhere but it could -- It could.

I don't think.

Yeah yeah always the chance and that's exactly going on his restaurant is going to be eating and it's not -- -- -- those -- -- radar.

And other industries tracked.

The -- -- that my -- and find out you know exactly how I was or changes.

With such a close encounter until we find out what -- made it -- spinning.

How.

Bruce through space anything that can give it's a really good idea.

You know what they're actually a -- what makes it tick.

And then maybe it it or another effort comes at -- -- -- had to revert back.

And I have a verdict -- -- you know the way.

Thank you very much Eric could detected today.

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