On Sunday past Earth asteroid will fly as close as 2011 UW-158 writes The Daily Mail.
Astronomers were able to find out what the kernel of this celestial body contains about one hundred million tons of platinum and other precious minerals 5.4 trillion dollars.
An asteroid the size of less than a kilometer in diameter will fly past Earth at a distance of 2.4 million kilometers – only six times farther than the distance from the planet to the moon.
first detailed images of a rare asteroid managed receive scientists from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico just a few days ago.
The organization Slooh will allow to observe the flight of an asteroid everyone. For this networked organization telescopes will display broadcast on the website.
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