A half-kilometer asteroid flying past Earth

The flying object was listed in the list of potentially dangerous for our planet because of its large size.

Nameless asteroid, codenamed 388945 flew at a distance of 5 million kilometers above the Earth’s surface, this was told by the staff of the minor planet center, part of the international astronomical Union.

According to a message sent from astronomers working in the Observatory mount Lemmon, the nameless stranger is the representative of the so-called group of The asteroids, i.e. the celestial bodies relatively small size, approaching the surface of the Sun is much closer than our planet.

A new asteroid has a fairly large size, which allowed scientists to call it an approximate radius that is about 160 – 490 meters. Currently, this celestial body is included in the list of objects that can be potentially hazardous to Earth.

5 may 2016 inhabiting the planet and its inhabitants asteroid 388945 not threatened with danger, as it flew at a sufficient distance from the Ground.

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