The asteroid 2012 EG5 pass without risk close to
Earth this Sunday, April 1. The projected distance traffic is 230,000
kilometers, i.e. 0.6 times the distance between Earth and Moon. Its estimated
diameter is about 48 meters, according to the monitoring program of near-Earth J PL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) spacecraft.
Astronomers believe the objects are able to approach
within 3.5 times the distance from Earth to the Moon may be altered in their
normal course by the gravity of our planet or moon. The asteroid 2012 EG5
traveling speeds of 8.24 km / s. It was initially estimated its closest
pass to the April 2 but in the end has been more rapid. It was discovered
on March 15.
