Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21: NASA

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Washington/Canadian-Media: The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday.

A NASA handout image of an asteroid. Image credit: phys.org/news

The US space agency said it will allow astronomers to get a rare close look at an asteroid.