MOSCOW, June 25. A large asteroid, the so-called planet killer, will fly near the Earth, writes Live Science.
«This week, June 27, (asteroid — Ed.) 2011 UL21 will fly by at a distance of 6.6 million kilometers from Earth — closer than in the last 110 years. At such a distance, NASA regards it as a potentially dangerous object,” the article says.
It is noted that the mountain-sized asteroid will fly past the planet at a speed of about 93 thousand. kilometers per hour.
This is one of the largest space rocks that has approached the Earth in 125 years.