Two HUGE asteroids to skim past Earth this week – and one is three times bigger than Statue of Liberty

TWO huge asteroids will be shooting past Earth this week.

Nasa says Asteroid (2016 CZ31) will be making a “close approach” this Friday, shortly followed by the enormous Asteroid 531944 (2013 CU83) on Saturday.

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This Friday’s close approach space rock is said to be up to 721-foot wide.

That makes it over twice the size of the Statue of Liberty which stands at 305 feet.

Friday’s asteroid will pass us late in the evening and is expected to stay over one million miles away.

It’s expected to shoot past at over 34,000 miles per hour.

Asteroid 531944 (2013 CU83) is the larger of the two and should make its close approach on Saturday evening.

Nasa says Saturday’s large space rock could be up to 1050 feet wide, making it over three times the size of the Statue of Liberty.

It should come about 4.3million miles away from Earth this Saturday evening.

That may sound pretty far away but it’s actually very close in the grand scheme of space.

That’s why Nasa still has to flag it as a “close approach” and keep an eye on its movements.

If an asteroid comes within 4.65million miles and is over a certain size, it’s considered “close” and “potentially hazardous” by cautious space agencies.

There’s no need to panic about Saturday’s asteroid though.

It’s expected to shoot past us at just over 13,000 miles per hour.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk