The asteroid, whose size ranges from 1.8 to 4.1 km, is approaching the Earth at a speed of 8.7 km/s Closest to the planet it will be on April 29.
Its the size of a celestial body, dubbed 1998 OR2, exceeds the Ural mountains, and very little inferior in altitude to mount Elbrus. Astronomers preclude its collision with the Earth.
According to their calculations, the asteroid will fly past at a distance of 6.2 million km. the next time he will come to the Earth only after 11 years.
NASA are planning to put a kinetic attack on space body to change the trajectory of its flight. The event will be a training system to protect the planet from asteroids, which will represent for her a real threat, according to “Izvestia”.
Earlier NEWS.ru wrote that 1998 OR2 can be considered in binoculars. He will be seen as weak as a glowing dot moving across the night sky.
