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Largest-ever asteroid is about to fly by Earth


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Guest Mike Wehner
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Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that's going to cruise by on September 1st is a real goliath. Named Florence, the massive asteroid is thought to be the largest object to make such a close approach to Earth since NASA decided to start keeping records for that sort of thing. The good news is that scientists don't believe it poses much of a threat — at least this time around.

 

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