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1. septembra bo mimo Zemlje letel največji asteroid, od kar jih spremljajo astronomi. Veliki "Goliat", ki je dobil ime Florence v premeru meri kar okoli 5 kilometrov. Vesolska gora Florence bo letela mimo Zemlje na 18 kratni razdalji Zemlja-Luna, kar je v vesolskem merilu še vedno zelo malo. Asteroid je večji od tistega, ki je pred 65 milioni let z Zemlje zbrisal dinozavre. A brez skrbi - mirno lahko spite, saj se v bližino Zemlje ne bo vrnil pred letom 2500.
Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that’s going to cruise by on September 1st is a real goliath. Named Florence, the massive asteroid is thought to be the largest object to make such a close approach to Earth since NASA decided to start keeping records for that sort of thing. The good news is that scientists don’t believe it poses much of a threat — at least this time around.