Russia (bbabo.net), - Telescopes of the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IPM) im. The MV Keldysh Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is monitoring asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1), which is approaching the Earth. This is stated in the message of the Institute, published in Instagram.

On the night of January 17, the object was observed using the ORI-22 telescope at Castelgrande in Italy. It is noted that photometric observations of the asteroid 1994 PC1 will make it possible to clarify the period of its rotation, as well as to determine the shape. Experts have already obtained preliminary results on the shape of the asteroid. The publication also emphasizes that the asteroid is not dangerous for the Earth.

Approach 7482 (1994 PC1), which is over a kilometer in diameter, was previously reported by NASA. According to the US space agency, on January 18, a celestial body will be at a distance of less than two million kilometers from our planet. The asteroid will fly by at a speed of over 70,000 km/h, TASS reports.

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