“The diameter of the cosmic body is about 1.3 km, that is, it is four times higher than the Eiffel Tower.

It is expected that the asteroid will fly near the planet on March 4, ”the state corporation said.

Scientists classify the asteroid as "potentially dangerous", but it will not collide with the Earth, as it will fly from it at a distance of more than 4.8 million km.

This is 10 times greater than the distance between the Moon and the Earth.

“Thanks to our friends from the M.V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, who made this animation with a 40-cm telescope in Multe (Altai).

Let's keep an eye on the asteroid!"

Roskosmos said.

Earlier, Roscosmos assessed the probability of a collision of the asteroid Apophis with the Earth as very small.

According to calculations, a dangerous approach to the Earth is predicted on April 5, 2095, but the probability of a collision is approximately 0.02%.