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Asteroid 2013 PS13 discovered by employees on the eve Spanish Observatory La Sagra in the province of Granada, will fly by approximately 203.7 thousand kilometers from Earth. Discovered recently asteroid 2013 PS13, whose diameter is estimated at 5-19 meters, on Friday will pass almost at an equal distance between the Earth and The moon, the Center for Small Planets International said in a statement. astronomical union. New space object first discovered employees of the Spanish Observatory of La Sagra in the province of Granada in Wednesday, August 7, then this discovery was confirmed by their colleagues in Great Britain, France and the USA. Calculations showed that it is heavenly the body has a size of 5 to 19 meters – for comparison, size The Chelyabinsk meteoroid before the fall was about 18 meters. IN 05.23 GMT on August 9 (09.23 Moscow time) this asteroid will fly approximately 203.7 thousand kilometers from Earth, which is 0.53 the average radius of the lunar orbit. Sunday morning, August 4, from A large asteroid, designated 2013, missed the earth PJ10, its diameter was estimated at 31-70 meters. An asteroid flying in 371.4 thousand kilometers from the Earth, or 0.96 of the average radius of the lunar orbits.
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