Critically close to Earth asteroid will fly by-the skull (PHOTO)

Techno 22 December, 2017

2017-12-22 10:54

Critically close to Earth asteroid will fly by-the skull (PHOTO)
Asteroid 2015 TB-145, resembling the shape of the skull, approaching the Ground.

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The maximum rapprochement will occur in November next year.

Unusual asteroid has a size of from 625 to 700 meters. While its surface reflects only six percent of the sunlight. Period of rotation around its own axis is approximately three hours.

The previous convergence of the asteroid with Earth occurred in October 2015, on Halloween night. Celestial body flew by our planet at a distance of 1.3 as the distance from the Earth to the moon.

The following year, the asteroid will fly a little further away.