The asteroid "Florence", discovered in March 1981
It will pass a distance of 7 million kilometers of the Earth, next the 1 of September, informed the National Administration of Aeronautics and of the Space
According to the measurements of the Spitzer Space Telescope and the NEOWISE mission, "Florence" has a size of 4.4 kilometers, which makes it the largest asteroid ever seen by NASA that will transit near Earth .
"'Florence' is the largest asteroid that will pass through our planet so close since the NASA program began to detect and track near-Earth asteroids," said the director of NASA's Near Object Center. CNEOS) Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Paul Chodas.
While many asteroids have passed a distance closer to our planet, they all had a smaller size, he added.
According to the US space agency, the event will be an excellent opportunity for scientists to make terrestrial radar observations that will show the actual size of "Florence".
The asteroid's visit this year will be the closest since 1890, and will have another approach until the year 2500, when it can be seen in small telescopes for several nights.
Fuentes : https://www.taringa.net/posts/info/19985431/Un-Gran-Asteroide-pasara-el-1-Septiembre-cerca-de-la-Tierra.html
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/large-asteroid-to-safely-pass-earth-on-sept-1/
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