A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is about to pass Earth. Here's how to track it.

An asteroid is heading towards Earth.

Don't worry, the asteroid won't hit the planet like in the movie. It will travel over five times the distance between the Earth and the moon on Tuesday.

NASA scientists have been following the asteroid since it was discovered in 1994, and it is a little over a half-mile wide. Several large asteroids have passed by Earth in recent weeks.
NASA said that the 1994 PC1 is well known and has been studied for decades. 1994 PC1 will fly past our planet.

January 12, 2022, NASA Asteroid Watch.

According to USA TODAY, 1994 PC1 is considered "potentially hazardous" by NASA because it crosses Earth's orbit.

The Chief Scientific Officer at Unistellar and Senior Planetary Astronomer at the SETI Institute told USA TODAY that an asteroid with more energy than a nuclear blast would cause a complete catastrophe if it hit the Earth. There is no need to be concerned about 1994 PC1.

Anyone with a backyard telescope of about 6 inches or wider in diameter and an app can see the asteroid PC1 pass by at a rate of 43,754 miles per hour.

NASA's Eyes website will offer a visual and a count down to help track the asteroid. The Virtual Telescope Project will offer a live stream of the asteroid.

According to NASA, PC1 goes around the sun every 1.5 years. The asteroid will not come this close to Earth again until 2055.