Is it going to hit Earth?

Almost certainly not. While Nasa has described the asteroid as “potentially hazardous”, it is expected to pass us by a distance of 3 million miles.

The diameter of the Earth is about 8,000 miles. Any object that comes within 4.6 million miles of the planet comes under the “potentially hazardous” category.

Other asteroids are actually expected to pass much closer to our planet in the coming days, although admittedly ones only measuring around 6m.