Asteroid 2007 FF1 LIVE – ‘April Fool’s Day’ space rock to make close approach with Earth THIS WEEK, Nasa says

ANOTHER asteroid will make a “close approach” this week and is being watched by space enthusiasts.

Asteroid 2007 FF1 is expected to make a close and safe encounter with our planet on April 1, according to space trackers, but is still considered “potentially hazardous.”

Any object that comes within 4.65 million miles of us is considered “potentially hazardous” by cautious space organizations, and the April Fool’s asteroid will pass within 4.6million miles of our planet.

Meanwhile, Asteroid 2013 BO76 hurtled past Earth on Thursday, March 24, at a staggering 30,000 miles per hour, according to Nasa trackers.

At up to 450 meters across, it’s roughly the same size as the Empire State Building and fortunately, the speedy object missed our planet by some distance.

It was estimated to fly by at a safe distance of around 3.1million miles, according to data on Nasa’s Near-Earth Object database.

Read our asteroid ‘close approach’ live blog for the latest news and updates…