An asteroid the size of four Eiffel Towers approaches Earth

A large asteroid 138971 (2001 CB21) will fly close to Earth in early March, with maximum approach expected on 4 March. According to Roscosmos, the diameter of the space body is estimated at 1.3km.

"That is, it is four times bigger than the Eiffel Tower," the state corporation said.

It is pointed out that scientists classify this asteroid as potentially dangerous, but it will not collide with the Earth. The body is expected to pass by at a distance of more than 4.8 million km, which is 10 times the distance from Earth to the Moon.