Asteroid bigger than Carrauntoohil to soar past Earth tonight

This image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. An asteroid named 7482 (1994 PC1) will fly past Earth tonight and is bigger than the world's tallest building. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA via AP)

A giant asteroid, larger than Ireland’s highest mountain, is expected to soar past planet Earth tonight.

Named 7482 (1994 PC1), the asteroid is more than a kilometre wide at 1,052m and is just about bigger than Ireland's highest peak, Carrauntoohil which is 1,038m tall.