NASA Warns That A Huge Asteroid Is Approaching Earth And Will Graze It On December 24

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O n the night of December 24 , Santa Claus will have to be "mirroring" on his sleigh ride around the world.

Asteroid 2024 XN1 , which is the size of a 10-story building , will pass at a speed of 23,000 km/h , according to NASA's Asteroid Watch panel.

The enormous rock will pass within 4.48 million miles (7.21 million kilometers) of Earth , and while this will be almost a crash by astronomical standards, experts say there is no chance that Christmas will be ruined by a collision with this huge space rock.

"It will be very far away, about 18 times farther from the Earth than the Moon, so with this planned trajectory it will not come close enough to hit the Earth," said Lee, who explained that the asteroid is approximately 29 to 70 meters in diameter .

If 2024 XN1 were to impact the planet, scientists estimate that it would hit with a force equivalent to 12 million tons of TNT and crush an area of 700 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) .

The Christmas Eve asteroid was only detected on December 12, when NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) planetary defense systems noticed its approach.