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Jan. 7, 2021
NASA already has a date for the possible impact of a "potentially dangerous" asteroid against Earth.
Artist's illustration of an asteroid impact on Earth. Image Credit: Wikimedia
NASA is continuously studying possible impacts of celestial bodies against the Earth to avoid a possible catastrophe.
In recent years there have been no considerably serious collisions, but now the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has reported that the 2009 asteroid JF1 could collide with Earth on May 6, 2022 at 8:34 a.m.
Graphic angle on the orbit of asteroid JF1. Image Credits: NASA/JPL
The asteroid 2009 JF1 with a diameter of 13 meters has a chance in 4,166 of impacting the Earth, according to the European Space Agency ( ESA for its acronym in English).
On the other hand, according to NASA , the probability that the asteroid hits the Earth is one in 3,800, which is equivalent to 0.026%, according to the Palermo scale.
However, this does not mean that they pose a real threat, as the chances of this happening are very low, 1 in 4,166.
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So why are they referred to as "potentially dangerous"?
For a matter of proximity. NASA explains that they are so named based on parameters that measure the potential of the asteroid to approach Earth threateningly. "
NASA displayed on your page of the Center next Earth Objects (CNEOS for its acronym in English) that on 6 May 2022 is the date for the possible impact of the asteroid "2009 JF1" with Earth.
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=2009%20JF1
When a body approaches an intersection distance of the Earth's orbit of less than 0.05 au, or what is the same, 7.5 million kilometers automatically becomes part of this classification.
NASA places special emphasis on those that will pass closest, at a distance similar to that of the Moon (384,000 kilometers).
Incoming asteroid. Animation Credit: ESA
In any case, we will have to wait until May next year to find out if this event will end up taking place and if the impact will have catastrophic consequences.
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