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The asteroid that received the 2014 ER49 index is quite large: its diameter is about 700-750 meters, when falling to Earth he can destroy a large country. MOSCOW, Mar 26 – RIA News. American and Russian astronomers have discovered a new a large asteroid that has been classified as potentially dangerous, according to a statement on the website of the Center for Minor Planets. First new the object was spotted by members of the American asteroid project “Catalina” – this happened on March 8th. Then he was “lost”, but 24 March, he was again found by Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin with the help of ISON-NM Auto Telescope Observatory in New Mexico. Object that received index 2014 ER49 was assigned to class potentially hazardous asteroids (PHA) – the minimum distance between its orbit and the orbit of the Earth is 0.016 astronomical units (2.3 million kilometers), and PHA includes bodies which this value is less than 0.05. Asteroid 2014 ER49 is enough large: its diameter is about 700-750 meters, when falling to Earth, he can destroy a large country. However, in In the near future, the object does not pose an immediate threat, on July 20 warming up with the Earth at a distance of 24.7 million kilometers.
