Three asteroids approached Earth, one of them has the size of a stadium

22 февраля 2021, 14:01
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has published a current summary of asteroid observations.

According to the JPL center, on February 22, an asteroid 2020 XU6 with a diameter of about 213 meters will approach the Earth at a distance of about four million kilometers (in the illustration, a diagram of the trajectory of its orbit).

Smaller asteroids will also fly past the Earth on February 22: 2020 BV9 with a diameter of 23 meters (at a distance of 5.6 million kilometers) and 2021 CC5 with a diameter of 40 meters (at a distance of 6.9 million kilometers).

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