The vast asteroid passed through the Earth

The nearly one-kilometer wide asteroid was passed on Wednesday at 1:24 pm British time, according to the BBC report.

It goes on orbit about 18 million kilometers away from Earth, less than five times the distance of the Moon from Earth. Astronomers say that on Wednesday night the asteroid will be best viewed in the dark. According to an analysis of NASA's radar photo of the US space agency, the nut-shaped asteroid rotates once every five years.