This weekend to-Earth approach «potentially dangerous» mega-asteroid

This weekend to-Earth approach «potentially dangerous» mega-asteroid

A huge asteroid with a length of 754 feet (almost 18 times more than the infamous Chelyabinsk meteorite) is already moving towards the Ground. On Saturday June 24, he’s approaching the planet dramatically in a short distance. It 441987 the Asteroid (2010 NY65). NASA scientists are watching him since 2010. It is established that on Saturday, the asteroid will fly at a distance of 7.9 lunar distances from our planetary home. Speaking of unscientific language is 1 864 113 miles. Scientists do not exclude the possibility of asteroid collision with the Earth, though they call it unlikely.

In the event of a collision, the impact force exceeds the force of the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 300 times. At the moment the asteroid is moving at a speed of 46,000 miles per hour.

The inhabitants of the planet the majority will not even feel any change, but the asteroid can be viewed through a telescope. Those who do not have time to observe unusual cosmic body, should not be upset, the researchers say. The asteroid will fly close to Earth several times every year until 2022 .

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