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Photo: ufanotes.ru August 31, NASA discovered the asteroid, which is estimated to approach to Earth on September 7, at 22:24 Moscow time.
At convergence asteroid will fly over New Zealand, at a distance of about forty thousand kilometers above the Earth, that is ten times closer than the Moon is, according to officials of NASA.
An asteroid with a diameter of about twenty meters, fly past the planet without violating location of the satellites, he got a room 2014 RC. Automatic telescope that discovered it, called Pan-STARRS 1 and is located on the top of Haleakala on Maui (Hawaiian archipelago).
Inhabitants of the Earth, with an amateur telescope will be able to watch the movement of the asteroid and take photos.
Scientists have noted that the asteroid 2014 RC after some time closer to the Earth close enough, but nothing is more accurate to say could not be observed for the future trajectory.
Celestial body small size often approach the Earth. Usually they just fly by without causing damage. Falling on the surface of the planet occur on average once in a thousand years.
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