A large meteorite will approach the Earth on March 22

The speed of the asteroid at the time of closest approach to our planet will be about 5 km / s, and the distance to

the object will be 80 thousand km less than from the Earth to the Moon.

The probability of an asteroid colliding with the Earth at NASA is referred to as insignificantly low.

Newly discovered asteroid # 2019EA2 (diameter ~ 30m) will have a close encounter with Earth on March 22, 2019 at 01:54 UT flying at a distance of 0.80 LD or ~ 305,000 km / 189,600 miles) https://t.co/1IqpTS5xIr pic.twitter.com/DYLMg0Z82O

- Massimo (@ Rainmaker1973) March 15, 2019

Earlier, astronomers from the University of Huelb published a video of the fall of a meteorite to the moon, which occurred during an eclipse on January 21 - during an eclipse of the Earth’s satellite.