Asteroid "February 4"

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Asteroide 2002 AJ129

In 2002, NASA discovers a medium sized asteroid, this object is characterized by its high speed and bears the name 2002 AJ129. The asteroid will approach the Earth this coming February 4, it is between 0.5 and 1.2 kilometers in size, it will pass at a distance of approximately 10 times the average separation between the moon and our planet Earth, calculated as some 4.2 million kilometers from distance according to the studies published by NASA.

This asteroid is considered "highly dangerous" due to its magnitude that is greater than 140 meters,  but it is not expected to collide with our planet.

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Many solid remains from asteroids land constantly on Earth and it is expected that with the 2002 asteroid AJ129 large impacts will not be received.

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