NASA reported a large asteroid approaching Earth

This is reported on the website of the American Space Agency.

Newly discovered asteroid # 2019EA2 (diameter ~ 30 m) at 01:54 UT flying at a distance of 0.80 LD or ~ 305,000 km / 189,600 miles) https://t.co /1IqpTS5xIrpic.twitter.com/DYLMg0Z82O

Clarified that the speed of the asteroid is about 5 km / s, and the diameter is from 18 to 40 m.

Previously, scientists told about the threat of a collision of Earth with an asteroid in 2068.

Alexander Bagrov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, a leading researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on the statement by scientists that asteroid Apophis could fall to Earth in 2068 in an interview with the NNS.