Earth is being buzzed again by another asteroid flyby this coming Sunday, Sept. 7, at about 2:18 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

With the designation 2014 RC, the house-sized asteroid is expected to stream very close to -- but safely past our planet, a news release from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

At the time of it's closest approach, the asteroid will more-or-less be over New Zealand. From its reflected brightness, astronomers estimate that the asteroid is about 60 feet in size.

Asteroid 2014 RC was initially discovered during the evening of Aug. 31 by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, and independently detected the next night by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, located on the summit of Haleakalā on Maui, Hawaii.

Both telescope facilities reported their observations to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Added observations by the Catalina Sky Survey and the University of Hawaii 88-inch (2.2-meter) telescope on Mauna Kea confirmed deep space traveler's orbit.

At it's closest approach to Earth, 2014 RC will be approximately one-tenth the distance from the center of the planet to the moon -- or about 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers).

The asteroid's apparent magnitude at that time will be about 11.5, virtually unobservable to the naked eye. But, amateur astronomers with small telescopes may be able to glimpse the fast-moving profile of the rocky target..

The asteroid will pass below Earth and the geosynchronous ring of communications and weather satellites orbiting about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above our planet's surface.

While the celestial object does not appear to pose any threat to Earth or satellites, its close approach creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids.

While 2014 RC is not expected to hit Earth, its orbit will bring it back to our planet's neighborhood in the future. The asteroid's future motion will be closely monitored, but no future threatening Earth encounters have been identified.