Discovered asteroid is not dangerous for the next 6 years – Russian Newspaper

Discovered October 30 Russian scientists asteroid does not present any danger to Earth for at least the next 6 years. “Interfax” said an employee of the Institute of Applied Astronomy Victor Shore.

According to him, data were obtained on 136 observations over the past days. The scientists were able to calculate the provisional flight path of the asteroid and its probability of convergence in the land.

Shore stressed that observing celestial body continues. Now the asteroid is at the inner edge of the asteroid belt. The minimum distance between the orbit of the asteroid and the Earth’s orbit is about 4.5 million kilometers.

Recall new space object was named 2014 UR116. He became the third asteroid discovered by a network of robotic telescopes “Master”. Scientists estimate that its diameter is greater than 370 meters.

If the car still hits the ground, the power of the explosion may significantly exceed the explosion Chelyabinsk meteorite with a diameter estimated at about 17 meters.