NASA's close eye on the space rock is proof Nibiru, also known as Planet X, is real, according to theories. Some have linked the planet to an asteroid called 2012 TC4, which is due to make a staggeringly close pass of Earth on October 12. NASA earth defence specialists are closely monitoring the close approach of the asteroid. Conspiracy theory channel Igor Kryan posted a video entitled ‘WOW Nibiru Guys Were Right. NASA Just Confirmed Its Coming October 12’ on YouTube. In a promotional blurb the channel wrote: "WOW Nibiru fears were right: something huge from deep space coming to earth and it is coming closer than distance between New York & Tokyo.

Getty PLANET X? No but asteroid 2012 TC4 will make a very close flyby next month.

"On October 12 New Yorkers will be closer to the object 2012 TC4 than to Tokyo. "It will come thousands of times closer to Earth than feared Francesca mega asteroid." Nasa claims the asteroid has nothing to do with Nibiru, which Nasa claims in an internet hoax. However, 2012 TC4 is as big as a tower block and traveling towards us at more than 40,000mph. The space rock is believed to be bigger than the Chebylinsk meteor which exploded above Russia, damaging thousands of buildings and injuring 1,500 people.

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Nasa is convinced it will not impact, but say it will skim earth at a distance of about 4,200 miles, which is a cat's whisker as astronomical terms. Asteroid 2012 TC4 is estimated to be between ten and 30 metres (30 and 100 feet) and will pass by earth on October 12. The 20-metre Chelyabinsk meteor exploded in the atmosphere above the Russian city unexpectedly on February 15 2013. No space agency had any idea it was approaching before the explosion ripped through the air. About 26 to 33 times as much energy as that released from the atomic bomb detonated at Hiroshima was released. Most injuries sustained were from flying broken glass from buildings damaged by the strength of the explosion. Nasa scientists are aware of the pass of the larger 2012 TC4 and said they were excited about what could be learned from it. A spokesman said: "They plan to use its upcoming October close approach to earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test Nasa’s network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defence. "Even though scientists cannot yet predict exactly how close it will approach, they are certain it will come no closer than 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) from the surface of earth."

WOW Nibiru fears were right: something huge from deep space coming to earth and it is coming closer than distance between New York & Tokyo. Igor Kryan

Michael Kelley, program scientist and NASA Headquarters lead for the TC4 observation campaign, said: “Scientists have always appreciated knowing when an asteroid will make a close approach to and safely pass the earth because they can make preparations to collect data to characterise and learn as much as possible about it. “This time we are adding in another layer of effort, using this asteroid flyby to test the worldwide asteroid detection and tracking network, assessing our capability to work together in response to finding a potential real asteroid threat.” Scientists from Nasa’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have determined that it could even pass much farther away, as far as 170,000 miles (270,000 kilometers), or two-thirds of the distance from Earth to the moon. These calculations are based on only seven days of tracking 2012 TC4 after it was discovered on Oct. 5, 2012, by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) from Haleakala on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Further observations are needed to more precisely determine the asteroid’s orbit, which has been out of range of telescopes since 2012. The spokesman added: "Asteroid 2012 TC4 may be slightly larger than the space rock that hit Earth’s atmosphere near Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013. "As it starts to approach Earth this summer, large telescopes will be used to detect it and re-establish the asteroid’s precise trajectory. "The new observations are expected to help refine knowledge about its orbit, narrowing the uncertainty about how far it will be from Earth at its closest approach in October."

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