NASA asteroid tracker: Giant asteroid hurtling past Earth at 33,700mph THIS WEEKEND AN ASTEROID travelling more than 40-times the speed of sound will hurtle past the Earth incredibly close this weekend, NASA’s asteroid trackers have revealed. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Q&A: Shake, Rattle and RollThanks a Lot! New Reasons Not to Eat Cookie DoughThis Exhibition Will Help You Make Sense of Your SensesOut There: An Interstellar Visitor Both Familiar and AlienA Radiation Cloud, and a Mystery, From RussiaTrilobites: ‘Crazy Jigsaw Puzzles’ Improve Our Views of Coral Reefs