India, July 10 -- NASA has predicted a giant asteroid, estimated to be nearly the size of a stadium, to make a close approach into Earth's orbit on Friday.

The asteroid is predicted to enter our planet's orbit for less than a minute, roughly at 04:46 hrs on July 11.

The approximate size of the celestial body, named 2005 VO5 by NASA is estimated to be 1,200 ft, and the closest approach distance would be 6,090,000 km, said NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), under California Institute of Technology.

2005 VO5 is classified under the Apollo [NEO, PHA] group of asteroids by JPL.

The body's SPK ID is 3299722, according to the official website. At the approach, the object's velocity relative to the celestial body was 14.38 kilometres per ...