LOS ANGELES - A huge asteroid called Apophis will make its closest approach to Earth, but pass safely by our planet Friday evening.According to Space.com, Apophis will remain about 44 times as distant as the moon on March 5. "At its closest point, the asteroid will be more than 10.2 million miles from Earth," according to the website.RELATED: Pickup truck-sized asteroid came less than 250 miles from hitting EarthThe near-Earth asteroid is approximately 1,100 feet across — about the size of three-and-a-half football fields — and was first discovered in 2004 at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.But this will not be the last time Earthlings get a peek at the celestial traveler.AdvertisementInitial calculations of the.