Friday, December 30, 2016

NASA: closer To the Earth, two comets Росбалт.RU

Astronomers NEOWISE mission has detected two objects that approach the Earth, said the us space Agency NASA.

the First object – comet C/2016 U1 NEOWISE – reaches nearest to the Sun point is located inside the orbit of mercury, on January 14. This celestial body was opened on 21 October 2016.

the Second object, 2016 WF9, which is an asteroid or a comet, no dust cloud, will approach the Earth on February 25, being at a distance of 51 million kilometers from our planet.

In 2016 WF9 diameter reaches 1 kilometer. The object was registered on 27 Nov 2016.

Both objects pose no danger to Earth, reports Lenta.ru.

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