Key Points
The space rock, which has been classified Near Earth Object (NEOS), will have a safe flyby as it moves in its orbit around the Sun...
Dubbed 2012 KY3, the asteroid will come as close as 47,84,139 kilometers from the planet on its way around the Sun..
An asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object when its distance from our planet is less than 1.3 times the distance from Earth to the Sun (the Earth-Sun distance is about 93 million miles), according to the Nasa Joint Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...
The last time this asteroid came close to Earth was in January 2019 when it came as close as 6,82,88,436 kilometers from the planet..
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in studying and monitoring NEOs, including asteroids, due to their potential threat to Earth..
