Sounds like their source material dates back to '65 or so.

Andy

According to this article, Eros will be 'hurtling past' Earth on Tuesday next week.

Closest approach will actually be ~27 million km.

Only 27 million miles! Why that's nearly 3/4 of the distance that the planet Venus "hurtles" past Earth every now and then! I hope someone is also working on a plan to blast Venus into tiny pieces.

That should be: "According to this headline..."

The article itself states, "...a chunk of rock 400 times the City of London is set to hurtle closer than a rock of its size has in a very long time." I take this to be a factual statement albeit vividly expressed.

(Sorry, no offense meant to the poster, but one of my pet peeves is condemning an article for language used in the headline.)

None taken!

It's a fair point, the body text does qualify the headline somewhat, it just made me smile. Eros will be 'hurtling past' Earth in a similar way to how I'll be 'hurtling past' the Eiffel tower later this week when I drive up the motorway into London