A giant asteroid is flying towards Earth - NASA
20.10.2015 10:24
(Moscow time), Kyiv
Specialists from the American space agency NASA have discovered a giant asteroid that will approach Earth at a record close distance on October 31.
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The agency's report says that the speed of the celestial body is unusually high - 35 km/s. The researchers noted that the asteroid will pass 499 thousand kilometers from the Earth (1,3 distances to the Moon).
The diameter of the asteroid ranges from 280 to 620 meters.
According to NASA experts, the celestial body does not pose any danger to the Earth.
The last time a large asteroid came too close to our planet was in 2006.
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