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The press service of the Astronomical Center "Planetarium" in Moscow announced today, Tuesday, that an asteroid of the category "2016 AJ193" will approach Earth on August 21, and it is likely to be dangerous, but it will not pose a real threat to our planet.
Data issued by the dome’s press service, obtained by “Sputnik”, indicated that “there is a whole class of asteroids called “near-Earth asteroids”, and the asteroid “2016 AJ193” will approach Earth at the closest possible distance by about 3.4 million km on August 21 The diameter of the flying asteroid is estimated at 1.4 km.
The scientists indicated that “in the entire history of observing objects of this type, asteroids have flown close to Earth and at much closer distances. In 2011, two asteroids with a size of 100 and 360 meters approached Earth by 384,000 km.”