--- title: Asteroid to Pass Very Close to Earth April 19 description: The 2,000-foot-long asteroid will pass Earth at a distance of 1.1 million miles, according to NASA. canonical: https://time.com/4746712/asteroid-passing-earth-nasa/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-19T17:37:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:30:00.708Z article:section: Science og:title: Asteroid to Come Very Close to Earth Tonight, NASA Says og:description: NASA says there is no chance it will make impact with Earth og:url: https://time.com/4746712/asteroid-passing-earth-nasa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb791eae1bfb56dc1/6988c394cf40a807e3c47508/pia21594_hires.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: asteroid-close-earth og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Asteroid to Come Very Close to Earth Tonight, NASA Says twitter:description: NASA says there is no chance it will make impact with Earth twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb791eae1bfb56dc1/6988c394cf40a807e3c47508/pia21594_hires.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Half-Mile-Long Asteroid to Pass Very Close to Earth > Sponsored content. 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This composite of 30 images of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert. NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 19, 2017 5:37 PM UTC A huge asteroid will fly past Earth at the closest distance it has come in the past 400 years. The approach, a distance of 1.1 million miles or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon, will also be the closest the 2,000-foot-long asteroid comes for another 500 years, according to [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/asteroid-to-fly-safely-past-earth-on-april-19). “Astronomers plan to observe \[the asteroid\] with telescopes around the world to learn as much about it as possible,” NASA said in a statement. The asteroid, known as 2014 JO25, is expected to be visible in the night sky after April 19 for one or two nights with the aid of a small telescope. 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