How to watch asteroid as big as 'football stadium' passing by earth on Wednesday

Scientists say massive asteroid passing by the earth early Wednesday morning will be almost 2.2 million kilometres away

An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream early Wednesday morning.

The asteroid will also be visible through an 20-centimetre telescope, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).

It will be closest to the earth when it is 2.2 million kilometres away, reports Fast Company.

The massive space rock, known as 2020 XR, is moving at about 44,260 kph. It will pass by the earth at 12:27 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.