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The asteroid will pass near the Earth
19.03.2019 12:03 / ASTRO NEWS The asteroid will pass near the Earth

According to NASA's official website, the 2019 EA2 asteroid will pass 305,000 thousand km from the Earth on March 22, 2019. This is 80 thousand km less than the distance between the Earth and the Moon. According to the classification of asteroids, 2019 EA2 is included in the Atonic range. Orbits of such objects are located within the Earth's orbit and cut the Earth's orbit around perihelium. The relative velocity of asteroid will be 5 km/sec when passing through the Earth. The size of the asteroid is between 18 and 40 meters. The collision probability of asteroid with the Earth or the Moon is very small.

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2019%20EA2

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