Near-Earth asteroid 3122 Florence will have a close pass by Earth on1 September when it will be at a closest distance of 0.0472 au (18.4 LD), which makes it a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA). This Amor object, named after nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), has an estimated diameter of ~4.35 km and was discovered in March 1981 by S.J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory.
