YAKUTSK, December 3. /TASS/. A small asteroid, designated C0WECP5, passed above Earth’s atmosphere over Russia’s Siberian republic of Yakutia, causing no damage, the republican department of the Russian emergencies ministry said.

"A potentially dangerous asteroid was discovered when it was on a collision course for Yakutia. Emergencies services were put on high alert. Thankfully, the asteroid passed over the atmosphere. Routine life was not disturbed. This night, residents of the Olekminsky and Lensky districts could observe a comet-like tail and flashes," it wrote on its Telegram channel.