“According to reports, the minimum distance that will divide the Earth and the asteroid 163348 2002 NN4 on Saturday will be 5.09 million km,” RIA Novosti reports.
The state corporation recalled that "the four-kilometer asteroid 52768 (1998 OR2), which approached our planet on April 29 of this year, flew at a distance of 6 million km."
“That is, tomorrow's“ guest ”should fly one sixth closer than April. But it’s still a very long distance to talk about serious danger, ”the Roskosmos noted.
It was previously reported that the asteroid number 163348 (2002 NN4) ranging in size from 250 to 570 m will pass at a minimum distance from Earth on June 6 at 6:20 Moscow time.