Is the asteroid "Vista" a threat to the Earth?

The Director of the Planetary Protection Center announced that the great asteroid" Vista "A danger to the Earth, when it gets to its nearest point, on July 12.

Anatoly Zaitsv said, "There is no need to protect from this asteroid because it does not present no danger to the earth's population, 170 million kilometers from our planet. In other words, what is prevalent about the danger of (Vista) is nothing but empty words from people with limited knowledge. "

The diameter of the giant asteroid" Vista "576 km.The speed of the Earth is 19346 km / s, the second largest asteroid of the belt between Mars and Jupiter, after the asteroid "Palada".

The asteroid Henry Olbersum discovered the asteroid on March 29, 1807,

"Vista" revolves around the Sun in 3.63 years, in a semicircular orbit, l ". the brightest asteroid of the sky, so we can see it at night with the naked eye.

Source: Russia Today