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Florence asteroid hurtling towards Earth tomorrow

On September 1, 2017 an asteroid of more than four kilometers wide will pass close to the Earth, however, it will not represent any danger for humanity, said the astronomer, Alejandro Farah.

The researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) indicated that even though it is classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), it will pass seven million kilometers away from Earth, that is to say, 18 times the distance from Earth to the Moon.

"It is not dangerous; its particularity of interest because it is one of the largest asteroids passing so . . .

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