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Two space bodies approaching the Earth, astronomers noticed NASA.
Specialists performed NEOWISE mission for the observation of the sky in infrared light, when they noticed two objects flying to the planet.
The first object - this is the comet C / 2016 U1. Comet, open October 21, 2016, to reach the point in the orbit of Mercury on January 14 as much as possible the approach to the Sun, and then continue to move toward the Earth.
The second object - asteroid 2016 WF9, which was opened on November 27, 2016, or a comet without a dust cloud. The diameter of a celestial body is approximately one kilometer. The body is closer to the Earth's orbit at a distance of 51 million km Feb. 25, the researchers reported.
According to experts, the celestial objects do not pose a risk to people on Earth.
| spbdnevnik
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