NASA are keeping track of a large asteroid that is set to make a 'close approach' to Earth this weekend.
The fast-moving space object, named 2022 JE1, has an estimated diameter of between 50 metres (164ft) and 155 metres (500ft).
According to NASA's Earth Close Approaches list, the asteroid is expected to come within relatively close proximity to Earth's orbit on Sunday (June 3), although it is not classed as hazardous or expected to crash directly into the planet.
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Unlikely many asteroids, which are monitored over the course of many years, 2022 JE1 was only detected on May 7 this year.
At its closest on Sunday, it is expected to pass 3.29million kilometres (2.04million miles) past our home planet, which is about nine times the distance between Earth and the moon.
It has still been labelled by NASA as "potentially hazardous" because it will come within 4.65 million miles of our home planet.
Its next expected approach will happen in five years time on July 14, 2027. The famous Halley's comet, by comparison, comes every 75 years.
A different asteroid much further from earth is believed to be carrying $10,000 quadrillion (£8,250 quadrillion) worth of minerals that could completely transform the future of our planet.
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The 16 Psyche is an M-type asteroid, which means it appears to contain higher concentrations of metal phases, in this case, iron, nickel and gold.
It is one of the most massive asteroids in our solar system, with a diameter of approximately 140 miles, and has even been hypothesised to be the exposed core of a protoplanet.
However, mining it would currently cost more to achieve than the combined output of the entire global economy.
NASA is planning to launch a mission to the asteroid in August 2022, with its spacecraft expected to arrive there in early 2026.
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