Russian observatories discover new asteroid approaching Earth PHOTO
Two observatories in southern Russia have discovered a new asteroid approaching Earth.
“On the night of October 1, two observatories in southern Russia confirmed the detection of a new asteroid 2022 SE37 approaching the Earth,” the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics(IPM) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, wrote on its Telegram channel.
As clarified in the IPM, the asteroid is 0.3 miles (0.5 km) in diameter, it orbits the Sun on an elongated orbit with a period of 3.44 years. “It poses no danger to Earth in the foreseeable future,” they added.
The institute clarified that in the foreseeable future the asteroid does not pose a danger to Earth. The publication is also accompanied by images of the asteroid, which were taken by a telescope in the village of Kochevanchik and a telescope of the Kuban State University.
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