An asteroid scientists discovered only a few days ago will buzz Earth this weekend.

At its closest approach, the 60-foot space rock will pass a safe 25,000 miles over New Zealand at 2:18 EDT Sunday, NASA says. That's about one-tenth the distance between here and the moon. It's also beyond the orbit of our highest communication and weather satellites.

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Asteroid 2014 RC was discovered on Aug. 31 by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, by a telescope it had on the the summit of Haleakalā on Maui, Hawaii.

NASA says it might be possible for stargazers with telescopes to see Sunday's flyby. If you miss it this time, the asteroid will be back in in the neighborhood again, says NASA, which is closely monitoring its path.

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The Advanced Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft provided this spacebird's-eye view of the eastern part of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona in this image, acquired July 14, 2011. (NASA)