According to the news of the BBC; Discovered a month ago and named 2023 DZ2, the asteroid has a diameter of 40 to 90 meters. The asteroid, which will pass at a distance of 515 thousand km from the Moon on Saturday, will pass at a distance of 68 thousand km from the Earth at a speed of 28 thousand km per hour on Sunday at 02:30.
The American Space and Aviation Administration (NASA) states that such a close pass of such a large asteroid is encountered approximately once in 10 years.
Richard Moissl, head of the planetary defense department of the European Space Agency, said that the asteroid is unlikely to hit Earth.
The passage of the asteroid can be watched live on the Virtual Telescope Project website. 2023 DZ2 asteroid will pass close to Earth again in 2026.
