Today, a large asteroid will pass close to Earth – The Times

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An asteroid the size of four football fields will now very close to Earth, as confirmed by the European Space Agency (ESA). And while there is no danger for our planet, it is the demonstration that more efforts to locate potentially dangerous space rocks are needed.

The object, called 2015 TB145, is 400 meters long and will pass 480,000 kilometers from Earth. That is, to a greater distance that separates us from the moon. However, very rarely it happens so close to an object of this size and with sufficient mass to destroy an entire city if it fell in a populated area.

However, despite this time no danger exists, ESA emphasizes the fact that the asteroid was discovered on October 10, that is, only 21 days from the time of closest approach.

If his career had been slightly different, only we would have had the time to prepare for the impact.

Just 12 hours after the first sighting, which was held in Hawaii, the ESA confirmed the presence and trajectory of the asteroid from the observatory of Tenerife.

Although 480,000 km is a more than reasonable distance, on a cosmic scale corresponds to “a bullet whistled past his ear,” say the researchers.

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