Flies to the Earth a giant asteroid

2018-03-06 21:42

Flies to the Earth a giant asteroid
Cosmic threat.

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Astronomers warned earthlings of the impending danger. To our planet approaching a giant asteroid, reports Rus.Media.

Tomorrow morning heavenly body about the size of three football fields will pass on a small on a cosmic scale, the distance from the Earth, which will be approximately one and a half million kilometers.

Nikolai Zheleznov, a senior researcher at the Institute of applied astronomy Russian Academy of Sciences: “Serious attention to this object is given because of its size. Now usually open the asteroid 10-15 meters in diameter, like the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Even if they enter the Earth’s atmosphere, it likely will burn up and will not leave residue. But if this object will carry the trajectory to the Ground he will pose a real threat.”

The asteroid called VR12 has sufficient brightness so it can be seen even with Amateur telescopes.