Giant asteroid to pass between earth, moon

A 400-metre-wide asteroid will slip close by Earth early Wednesday morning, but it poses no threat of hitting the planet during the close encounter, NASA astronomers have said.

A 400-metre-wide asteroid will slip close by Earth early Wednesday morning, but it poses no threat of hitting the planet during the close encounter, NASA astronomers have said.

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The massive asteroid, called 2005 YU55, will fly inside the orbit of the moon, coming within 324,600km closer to Earth on Tuesday at 23:28 GMT (4:58 a.m. India time on Wednesday) when it makes its closest approach.

However, 2005 YU55 will neither hit the moon nor our planet during its close encounter.