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MOSCOW, June 2 / TASS /. An asteroid, classified as “potentially dangerous” would approach Earth on June 6, NASA says on its website.
According to the space agency, the diameter of the asteroid 163348 (2002 NN4) is between 250 and 570 meters and it will whiz past our planet at a distance of 5.1 million kilometers with a speed of 11.1 km / s.
Currently, astronomers have discovered over 8,000 asteroids over 140 meters in diameter in space near Earth, or within a radius of 7 million km. According to NASA experts, these celestial bodies are classified as “potentially dangerous”. The total number of large asteroids in near-Earth space could reach 25,000, according to Space.com.
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