MOSCOW – July 19, RIA Novosti reported. Sunday by the planet as close fly by an asteroid in 2011 UW-158. Private, in general, the event caused an increased interest due to its composition, writes The Daily Mail. The astronomers found that the core of this celestial body contains about one hundred million tons of platinum and other precious minerals by 5.4 trillion dollars.
An asteroid the size of less than a kilometer in diameter will fly past Earth at a distance of 2.4 million kilometers – all six times more than the distance from the planet to the moon.
The first detailed images of a rare asteroid managed to get scientists from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico just a few days ago.
The organization will provide an opportunity Slooh watch the flight of “cosmic hobo” everyone. For this networked organization telescopes will display broadcast on the website.
The company Planetary Resources, which put its long-term goal is the development of mineral resources of the Earth, has already stated that he wants in the future to begin production of the precious metal on this asteroid.
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