A massive stadium-sized asteroid is set to make a close pass by Earth on the eve of Thanksgiving, NASA has reported. On November 26, Asteroid 2006 WB, measuring around 100 meters in diameter, will approach Earth at a distance of 554,000 miles, roughly twice the distance between Earth and the Moon.

Discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in November 2006, the asteroid will travel at an incredible speed of 4.2 km per second (approximately 9,400 mph). As it nears Earth, its brightness will increase to a magnitude of 13, allowing astronomers to capture valuable data, including light curves and vis-IR spectroscopy for detailed analysis.

Classified as a near-Earth object (NEO), 2006 WB belongs to a group of asteroids and comets that travel within 120 million miles of the Sun, coming into Earth’s orbital range. While most NEOs do not pose a threat, some, known as potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), are monitored closely. PHAs are typically larger than 460 feet and have orbits that bring them within 4.6 million miles of Earth’s path around the Sun.

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) regularly tracks these objects. Today, two smaller asteroids, 2024 WF2 and 2024 WJ3, each about the size of a bus, will pass Earth at distances of 1.78 million miles and 2.78 million miles, respectively. A larger plane-sized asteroid, 2009 WB105, will fly by at a distance of 3.6 million miles. Another bus-sized asteroid, 2024 WD3, is expected to make a closer pass on Tuesday, at approximately 1.08 million miles.