Moscow, March 3, 2016, 09:28 – REGNUM around 2:00 MSK March 3 flew past Earth asteroid with a diameter of about 570 meters, according to the Minor planet Center of the International astronomical Union.
a heavenly body, razminuvshis the planet at a distance of 10.6 million kilometers, refers Atir a class of asteroids. It was opened in March 2015 by astronomers from the Observatory Pan-STARRS 1. asteroid assigned code 2015 DR215, it is included in the list of potentially dangerous.
Class Atir asteroids includes celestial bodies, is not deleted from the sun more than a distance that separates the planet from the sun. This class includes another 15 objects whose orbits are studied. . Since this group of asteroids closely and regularly coming to Earth, they cause an increased interest of scientists
8 March 2016 the Earth will approach another asteroid – 2013 TX68. It is much smaller – diameter from 20 to 50 meters, but also fly much closer – 23 thousand kilometers
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