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Newly discovered asteroid larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will zoom between Earth and the moon on Saturday

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Brandon is the space/physics editor at Live Science. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Reader's Digest, CBS.com, the Richard Dawkins Foundation website and other outlets. He holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona, with minors in journalism and media arts.

A skyscraper-size asteroid discovered two weeks ago will zoom between Earth and the moon on Saturday . At its closest approach, the space rock will pass within roughly 184,000 miles of our planet — about three-quarters the average distance between Earth and the moon.

During its closest approach, it will be traveling at roughly 21,000 mph , according to NASA. Astronomers in South Africa discovered the asteroid on June 16.

 

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