An asteroid that is larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Cheops, will approach the Earth in late August, APA reports citing Tellerreport.
It is noted that the diameter of the asteroid 2019 OU1 is 160 meters.
August 28, 2019 OU1 will be 40 times closer to Earth than Venus.
Earlier, the British marketing agency Blueclaw said that the greatest threat to humanity is represented by epidemics, nuclear war and natural disasters.
The least probable researchers called the risk of an asteroid collision with the Earth. However, in the event of a possible collapse of one of the potentially dangerous asteroids - Florence - 1.2 billion inhabitants of the planet may die.