The NASA ensures that there is no danger to Earthlings , but our planet will receive a ‘visit’ from an asteroid that is about 20 feet in size and was discovered on 31 August by a telescope in Arizona.
According to astronomers, this rock can not be seen with the naked eye , but with small telescopes, which will allow better study the composition of these heavenly bodies, small in size, but in the past, they have hit the surface of the Earth and caused significant damage, as explained to Cadena SER, Javier Armentia, astrophysicist and director of the Planetarium of Pamplona.
Hazard satellites
The asteroid go under the earth and come near geosynchronous orbit satellites and communications weather, which is located about 36,000 miles above the surface of our planet. However, according to estimates by the American Space Agency, also this small asteroid will threaten satellites .
After a tour of the Solar System, 2014 RC will approach the Earth within a few years and, for that reason, NASA has stressed the need for a system of detection and warning of such celestial bodies , including those of smaller.
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