It was already planned but today it happened. l ‘ asteroid 2015 JF1 , a diameter of 10 meters, it came to the Earth without causing any danger to our planet.
The cosmic stone was quite timely because at 13:52 Italian , rose to about 300,000 kilometers from us, that is, within the distance that separates us from the moon.
L ‘astrophysicist Gianluca Masi , project manager Virtual Telescope said that’ The asteroid has exceeded the threshold of minimum distance from Earth and is now in the process of removal ‘. Steps ‘grazing’ like these, continues ‘remind us of the existence of a group of asteroids as’ arrogant ‘to catch on the proximity of the Earth’.
Astrophysicist then spoke the purpose of projects like this ; to be ready to deal with any threats, events like these, adds astrophysicist, ‘remind us of the importance of projects looking at the sky in search of potentially hazardous asteroids’.
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