Asteroid news: NASA has released a fascinating false colour photo of Asteroid Eros (Image: NASA)
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The NASA asteroid tracking site has revealed at its largest, 2021 CS6 is approximately only 55ft (17m) across – the size of a house.
As a result, the rogue space rock would simply incinerate in our world’s thick atmosphere, even if it were on a collision course with us.
In comparison, the following week will see dozens of much larger asteroids on close approach - ranging from asteroid 2021 BS3 which is up to 100 metres in size to 2021 CW which is 23m to 51m and will fly past Earth on February 15.