at the Institute of Applied Mathematics. MV Keldysh of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been informed that in mid-June, two potentially dangerous asteroids will approach Earth. This was reported on the Telegram channel of the International Optical Telescope Network, IPM, RAS.
According to the information obtained, the dimensions of these asteroids vary between 400 and 800 meters.
Asteroid 1994 XD will pass Earth at a distance of 3.2 million km (8 times farther from the Moon) on June 12. Asteroid 2020 DB5 will pass near Earth on June 15 at a distance of 11 times the Moon.
In April, Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China’s Tianwen-2 space mission, announced that China plans to launch a spacecraft of the same name around 2025. The main purpose of this mission is to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid and study the comet. According to Zhang, the mission’s main task is to send a probe to the asteroid 2016HO3 to collect samples.
Source: Ferra
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