NASA is currently monitoring a plane-sized asteroid set to zoom past the Earth on August 22 at a speed of around 18,678 mph.

The space rock—known as "2023 PX"— is about 73 feet across and is set to make its closest approach to Earth today at a cosmically slight distance of just 577,000 miles, according to NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

2023 PX is not the only asteroid that will be in the vicinity of our planet today. NASA is also tracking a house-sized asteroid known as 2025 QY, which is around 45 feet in diameter, as well as another plane-sized one called 2025 QE2, which is about 110 feet in diameter.

2025 QY is due to make its closest approach at around 1,790,000 miles from the Earth, while 2025 QE2 will only get to within 4,070,000 miles from our planet.

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