An asteroid will reportedly reach Earth's orbit this weekend.

According to The Hill, the asteroid, 4660 Nereus, will come within 2.5 million miles of Earth on Dec. 11. That's about 10-times the distance between Earth and the moon.

The asteroid is considered “potentially hazardous” because of how close it will get to Earth— not because it will make impact with the planet.

NASA recently launched its first full-scale planetary defense test.

The goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to adjust the speed and path of an asteroid by using kinetic impactor technology. Scientists hope to learn whether they can alter an asteroid's trajectory in case one is on a collision course with Earth.

The asteroid DART will be targeting is not the same one that will be passing by Earth on Dec. 11.

NASA is scheduled to launch a "planetary defense-driven test" late Tuesday night.

The goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to adjust the speed and path of an asteroid by using kinetic impactor technology.

The asteroid DART will be targeting is not a threat to Earth, NASA said.

"While no known asteroid larger than 140 meters in size has a significant chance to hit Earth for the next 100 years, only about 40 percent of those asteroids have been found as of October 2021," NASA said.

The DART spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 10:20 p.m. PT aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The spacecraft is expected to reach its destination in September 2022 and begin testing its impact on the asteroid.

The European Space Agency says this will be the first time humans have tried to alter the dynamics of a solar system body, according to CNN.