Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

In late April, a potentially dangerous asteroid will approach the Earth. Astronomers reassure - a collision with the planet is excluded.

The asteroid number 52768 (1998 OR2) is closest to our planet on April 29th. On this day, it will be 6.29 million km from Earth. This distance is 16 times greater than the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The diameter of the space object, discovered in 1998, ranges from 1.8 to 4.1 km, the NASA Near-Earth Object Research Center said.

The asteroid is considered dangerous, since the trajectory of its flight crosses the earth's orbit. He completes a complete revolution around the Sun in 3.68 Earth years.

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