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Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that’s going to  cruise by  on September 1st is a real goliath. Named Florence, the massive asteroid is thought to be the largest object to make such a close approach to Earth since NASA decided to start keeping records for that sort of thing. The good news is that scientists don’t believe it poses much of a threat — at least this time around. DON'T MISS 9 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now While many near-Earth asteroids that safely pass our planet are comparable in size to busses or even houses, Florence is quite a bit larger than any of those. The asteroid, which is named for Florence Nightingale, measures a whopping 2.7 miles across, making it a real world-killer if it were to ever actually collide with us. Thankfully, NASA doesn’t believe that’s going to happen any time soon. When Florence makes its pass on September 1st it’ll be at a distance of about 4.4 million miles. T