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An asteroid is approaching Earth – astronomers

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Accurate astrometry of the heavenly guest will make it possible to clarify the trajectory of its movement and the degree of danger.

The international network of optical telescopes of the MV Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences is observing the position of a large asteroid approaching Earth. This was reported by the IPM Telegram channel.

The celestial body will approach Earth on February 16.

“The specialists of the UITP IPM scientific cooperation are with a relatively large (about 800 meters) asteroid, which will approach the Earth on February 16 at a distance of 4.6 million km,” it was reported.

Also, experts showed pictures of a celestial body. Its size is about 800 meters

“Precise astrometry of the celestial guest will make it possible to clarify the trajectory of its movement and, accordingly, its degree of danger to Earth,” the institute added.

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Recall that earlier about 30 thousand potentially dangerous asteroids approached the Earth. They are located 45 million km from the orbital path of the planet.

This year’s last asteroid is approaching Earth – NASA

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