Asteroid that could be as big as Empire State Building will fly past Earth tonight. Here's how to see it

A massive asteroid that could be bigger than the Empire State Building will soar past Earth overnight Tuesday.

By NASA's standards, it's going to be flying close by Earth and has been declared a "potentially hazardous asteroid" by the Minor Planet Center.

But you don't have anything to fear. When the asteroid, dubbed 2017 VR12, passes, it will be more than 900,000 miles away — roughly 3.8 times the distance between the Earth to the moon. 

NASA said the rocky mass is estimated as having a diameter somewhere from 820 feet to nearly 1500 feet, meaning it could be bigger than the Empire State Building, which measures 1,250-feet in height. 

Source:  usatoday