Posted 3 октября 2022, 06:49
Published 3 октября 2022, 06:49
Modified 24 декабря 2022, 22:38
Updated 24 декабря 2022, 22:38
According to TASS with reference to the data of the Institute of Applied Mathematics. M. V. Keldysh (IPM) RAS, the diameter of the asteroid is half a kilometer.
The appearance of the asteroid was simultaneously recorded by two Russian observatories.
According to astronomers, the new asteroid revolves around the Sun in an elongated orbit with a period of 3.44 years.
“In the foreseeable future, it does not pose a danger to the Earth”, - scientists believe.
When observing a new celestial body, scientists managed to take pictures of the asteroid using the telescope of the Kuban State University (Krasnodar) and the observatory in the village of Kochevanchik, Azov district, Rostov region.