September 7 this year, about Earth proletit20-meter asteroid 2014 RC, which is at 22:18 Moscow time, the maximum draw closer to our planet, according to NASA.
According to astronomers, this asteroid poses no danger and he will fly over New Zealand. Minimum distance when approaching amount to 40 thousand kilometers from the Earth’s surface.
Recall that the first RC was discovered in 2014 on the night of August 31 as part of the search for near-Earth asteroids Catalina Sky Survey. On the night of September 1, the object observed and the telescope Pan-STARRS (Hawaii).
Apparent magnitude RC 2014 is 11.5 – this allows amateur astronomers to observe it under a clear sky. Now scientists are going to follow this object, as in the calculations of astronomers in the future he will return to Earth.
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