The Earth is approaching asteroid (video )

2018-01-21 10:58

The Earth is approaching asteroid (video )
The width of the outer body is about 0.5 km and 1.2 km

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By Earth 4 Feb 2002 AJ129 fly – near-earth asteroid of medium size. It is reported by NASA , reports Rus.Media.

The width of the outer body is about 0.5 km and 1.2 km

The closest distance that the asteroid will approach the planet, will be 10 times greater than the distance between the earth and the Moon, and is equal to about 4.2 million km.

Though the asteroid 2002 AJ129 is classified as potentially dangerous, he poses no real threat of collision with our planet in the foreseeable future.

“We are watching this asteroid for over 14 years and know its orbit… Our calculations show that the asteroid 2002 AJ129 has no chance – zero – of the impact with the Ground 4 Feb or anytime in the next 100 years”, – said the employee of NASA, Paul khodas.