A potentially dangerous asteroid will approach Earth on June 12.

A large potentially dangerous asteroid (488453) 1994 XD will approach the Earth on June 12, 2023. It will pass 3.1 million kilometers from the planet - the distance to the Moon is only eight times less. The diameter of the celestial body is more than 500 meters. A potentially dangerous asteroid was discovered on December 1, 1994. This was done by astronomers from the American Kitt Peak Observatory - it is located in the Sonoran Desert.