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Asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to make 'close approach' with Earth this weekend

Burj Khalifa Building in Dubai. [Courtesy]

An asteroid that’s almost as big as the world’s tallest building will make a ‘close appraoch’ with our planet this weekend.

The asteroid, called 2000 QW7, is estimated to be around 290 to 650 metres wide, which at the higher end, is almost as big as Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.

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