Posted 28 июля 2020,, 07:14
Published 28 июля 2020,, 07:14
Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37
Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37
According to the website of NASA's unit for the study of approaching objects, the celestial body, dubbed 2009 PQ1, was discovered in 2009, on August 14. The asteroid will fly past the Earth at a distance of 3.2 million km at a speed of 13.4 km / s on August 5.
Astronomers attribute 2009 PQ1 to Apollos, the asteroids which orbits cross our planet's orbit. They are considered potentially hazardous.