NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) claimed to have discovered A small asteroid has a very low probability hit the ground In the year 2046. According to what was stated in Twitter By Asteroid Watch, which belongs to the special agency, he is identified as 2023 d.
“We have been tracking a new asteroid called 2023 DW He has very little chance of reaching Earth in 2046. And NASA explained that often when new objects are first discovered, weeks of data are needed to reduce uncertainty and predict their future orbits.
As reported by the site Eyes on asteroids (Eyes on Asteroids), also operated by the US government agency, The asteroid has a diameter of about 49.29 meters, which is about the size of an Olympic swimming pool.
Regarding its trajectory, experts have determined that it takes 271 days to complete a solar orbit, and Its closest distance from the sun will be 0.49 astronomical units, which is approximately 75 million km. But the bigger question is when might it collide?
The exact date of the collision, determined by NASA, It will be February 14, 2046It is the same day as Valentine’s Day.
An asteroid the size of a truck also passed near Earth at the end of January, in what was One of the closest techniques ever recordedthe US space agency, which confirmed that, however, it does not represent any danger.
It was discovered from an observatory in Crimea by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov, who previously discovered an interstellar comet in 2019. Since then, dozens of comets have been spotted around the world.
Asteroid 2023 BU passed through the southern tip of South America around 9:27 p.m. (Argentina time). only 3,600 km from Earth, Much closer than the other geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
As in the latter case, there was no danger of collision. And even if there was, The asteroid, which is between 3.5 and 8.5 meters across, will break apart Largely in the Earth’s atmosphere, which may result in a few small meteorites.
“Despite the lack of observations, he was able to predict that the asteroid would come unusually close to Earth,” said David Farnocchia, who helped develop the Scout system. In fact, this is a well-known method the closest of an object on Earth that has not been previously recorded.
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