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Asteroid larger than Empire State Building set to whiz by Earth this weekend

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The May 30 launch marked the first American-manned space mission since 2011. LOS ANGELES - An asteroid which NASA estimates may be larger than the Empire State Building is headed in Earth’s direction and expected to pass near our planet on Saturday.

While NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) may have labeled asteroid, named 163348 (2002 NN4), a “potentially hazardous asteroid” due to its predicted proximity to Earth, the celestial planet killer will actually keep a distance of over 3.1 million miles when it passes.

FILE - 2002 NN4, is expected to pass by on Saturday 6 June at a velocity of 11,146km/s. (JPL) According to SpaceReference.org, 2002 NN4 is a relatively small-sized space rock, measuring between 0.254 and 0.568 kilometers in

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