80 asteroids approached Earth in August

Roscosmos recorded 80 asteroids approaching the Earth in August. The closest distance

which the celestial body approached was less than 8000 kilometers.

Representatives of the department told TASS about this.They talked about asteroids from the Apollo group - this is the name for asteroids whose orbits intersect the earth's orbit from the outside. Roscosmos noted that approaches of such objects to the Earth occur frequently.

In August, most approaching asteroidswere new to scientists. Only ten of them were previously known. After discovering new asteroids, astronomers calculate their long-term orbits and also assess their potential danger to Earth.

Recall that on September 1, the asteroid 2011 ES4 will pass near the planet at a distance of about 120 thousand kilometers. The likelihood of a collision with him was considered insignificant.