Scientists warn of potentially dangerous asteroid approaching Earth
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Asteroid 6037 will make its closest approach to Earth on August 23, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.
Experts report that the space object will approach our planet as close as possible at 8.18 UTC (11.18 Moscow time), this distance will be just over 0.04 astronomical units (about 6.1 million kilometers).
Recall that the diameter of the asteroid 6037 (1988 EG) is up to 960 meters. It flies at a speed of 14.25 kilometers per second.
Read on the topic: Asteroid 6037: what is known about it and is it dangerous for the Earth?
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