On Saturday, August 20, an asteroid the size of the pyramid of Cheops will fly past the Earth for the first time in 100 years.. The diameter of the celestial body under the designation 2019 AV13 is estimated at 100 - 228 meters, according to Newsweek.

Scientists estimate that the asteroid will fly past the planet at a speed of 32 thousand kilometers per hour. The distance between it and the Earth will be 13.8 times greater than the distance to the Moon.

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The last time this asteroid came this close to our planet was in 1914.. The next approach is expected in 2113. At moments of approach, the cosmic body does not pose any threat to the Earth.

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Other asteroids tend to come closer to Earth than 2019 AV13, but they are also much smaller.. The dimensions of this "

In order to meet the criteria for this type of asteroid, a celestial body must be more than 100 meters in diameter and fly at a distance of less than 0.05 astronomical units (5% of the distance from the Earth to the Sun). 2019 AV13 will approach the Earth by 0.035 astronomical units or 5.1 million kilometers.

At the moment, scientists know about 29 thousand near-Earth objects. Some of them, based on the size and distance to the planet, are classified as potentially dangerous.. But despite this name, there is no chance that any of these objects will collide with the Earth in the coming centuries..

In November, NASA launched a DART vehicle that should crash into the satellite of the asteroid Dimorph and change the trajectory of its movement.. However, simulations carried out by scientists have shown that this collision may not go quite as expected..