Russian telescope “Master” has found a new dangerous asteroid – BFM.Ru

In the collision of an asteroid with the earth an explosion 1,000 times more powerful than in Chelyabinsk in 2013

The Russian robotic telescope “Master” discovered a new asteroid threatens immediately three planets the solar system. It is reported online edition “Russian hardcover».

The discovery occurred on November 27 near Kislovodsk. Heavenly body, named 2014 UR116, diameter greater than 370 meters, and in the event of a collision with the Earth will burst, the power of which is a thousand times greater than the power of the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in 2013. Asteroid could hit the Earth, Mars or Venus.

The Russian network of robotic telescopes “Master” was created by scientists Lomonosov Moscow State University, in collaboration with the Ekaterinburg and Irkutsk State University,

Blagoveshchensk Normal University, Kislovodsk Station of the Pulkovo Observatory and the University of Argentine the city of San Juan. Previously with telescopes “Master” were discovered two asteroids that threaten Earth. The diameter of these heavenly bodies 250 and 125 meters.

In 2013, the territory of the Chelyabinsk region meteorite fell. According to scientists, the celestial body landed in the lake Chebarkul, weighed 7 thousand to 13 thousand tons, and its diameter is about 20 meters.