IN The US National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has warned of a celestial body approaching Earth that is larger than the largest football field. Asteroid 2021 GM4 will fly as close as possible to our planet on July 1.
About the appearance of a space guest in the sky informs British edition Express.
NASA noted that despite the large size of the asteroid (150 meters), it does not pose a threat to the Earth. During its maximum approach, it will be at a distance that is 12 times greater than the distance between our planet and the moon
The asteroid’s speed is 6.3 kilometers per second, or 36.5 thousand kilometers per hour.
Asteroid 2021 GM4 has been registered NASA as “potentially dangerous”. There are several unknown factors that could affect its flight path in the future, including the gravitational pull of other celestial bodies in the solar system.
As “Apostrophe” reported, June 1 near the Earth an asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower flew by, which NASA experts refer to as potentially dangerous.
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