DU2, measuring 160 feet wide and travelling at 62,650 km/h, will pass Earth on March 6 at a safe distance of 542,000 km.

The space rock, known as 2025 DU2, is estimated to be about 150 feet across, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and it will miss the Earth by a cosmically slight 337,000 miles.

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