Cape Canaveral, United States.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Pot, by its acronym in English) unveiled this Monday that a “potentially dangerous” asteroid It will pass near the earth.
The exact date of its passage would be February 15, 2020 and its exact measurements are between 440 and 900 meters in diameter and is called Asteroid 163373, highlighted The Herald of Mexico
Asteroid 163373 is one of the objects of greatest observation by NASA as it could represent Some risk to humanity.
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However, the study determines that there is no risk that such a meteor impacts the earth as it will go to a distance 5 million 766 kilometers, andThat is, five times the distance of the earth from the moon.
It was discovered October 23, 1995 and was included in the Apollo group catalog as one of the objects that fly in the earth orbit. His next step close to the earth will be until 2075.
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