50-meter asteroid to fly past Earth on August 17

50-meter asteroid to fly past Earth on August 17

According to the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an asteroid with a diameter of about 50 meters will approach Earth on August 17 at a distance of 770 thousand km. It is therefore classified as a” potentially hazardous " object. The cosmic body was detected on August 1. Experts remind that 50,000 years ago, a meteorite of this size formed the Arizona crater in the United States.