An asteroid is approaching Earth. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 14Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) will approach Earth on January 18, it will be at a distance of just under 2 million kilometers from the planet, which is approximately five distances from the Earth to the Moon, follows from NASA data. The size of a celestial body is more than one kilometer. The US Space Agency has classified 7482 (1994 PC1) as an Apollo-class asteroid — potentially dangerous. The asteroid was discovered in 1994 by astronomer Robert McNaught. According to NASA, among asteroids approaching Earth in 2022, this will be the largest. Previously reported that, according to the forecasts of the VNII GOChS, in the spring of 2029, the asteroid Apophis will approach the Earth at a very close distance, comparable to the height of the orbits of geostationary satellites. Roskosmos assesses the probability of its collision with the Earth as «very, very small».
