This is gonna be pretty neat when it happens! Only 5 years away. > 2029's visit will be particularly close, with the asteroid coming within 32,000 kilometers (

This is gonna be pretty neat when it happens! Only 5 years away. > 2029's visit will be particularly close, with the asteroid coming within 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of the Earth's surface, closer to the Earth than some of our satellites. The asteroid should be visible from the Eastern Hemisphere without the aid of a telescope or binoculars, with the European Space Agency dubbing its flyby "one of the rarest space events of our lives".