Thursday, October 17, 2013

Astronomers have discovered a 410-meter asteroid that could collide with Earth in 2032 - BBC

the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, astronomers discovered 410-meter asteroid that could collide with the Earth, said “Gazety.Ru” workers Observatory.

In particular, it was found that the minor planet 2013 TV135 is one of the potentially hazardous asteroids due to the fact that the minimum distance between its orbit and the orbit of the planet is about 1.7 million kilometers.

Scientists were able to calculate the flight path of a celestial body and find out that the chance of a collision of the body with the Earth August 26, 2032 is 1 in 63 thousand.

Previously reported

, that Russian amateur astronomers discovered an asteroid with a diameter of 230 meters, which in January 2106 may collide with Earth.

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