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Yes, Asteroid 86666 Is Headed Our Way. No, It Doesn't Pose Any Danger Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: Oct 10, 2015 18:16 IST A giant asteroid - around 2.5 kms in diameter - is heading towards Earth. An asteroid of its size has the potential to cause global devastation if it was to hit Earth, but Nasa said the space rock poses no danger to us. Termed Asteroid 86666 (2000 FL10),it is due to make its closest pass on Saturday, Daily Mail reported. All asteroids are monitored by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab's Near-Earth Object Observations programme. The programme keeps track of the orbits of comets and asteroids and publishes warnings if one of these rocks is due to collide with Earth, or will come close to doing so. The programme's official Twitter handle addressed the speculation surrounding Asteroid 86666 by saying: "In response to Qs, asteroid 86666 will safely pass Earth Oct 10 by over 15 million mi/25 million km. It poses zero threat." The orbits of E...