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March 21, 2023
"We have been tracking a new asteroid called 2023 DW that has a very small probability of hitting Earth in 2046." With this message, NASA has warned of the probability of a 50-meter asteroid colliding with the Earth's surface in a few years.
Through a statement, the space agency has announced that if there is an impact, it would happen on February 14, 2046 at 1.8 million kilometers. Today, according to NASA experts, the rocky body is 0.12 astronomical units from our planet, traveling at a speed of 24.63 kilometers per second with respect to the Sun.
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"When new objects are discovered for the first time, several weeks of data are needed to reduce uncertainties and adequately predict their orbits in the future," they point out in the aforementioned statement from the space agency.
However, and despite the fact that NASA has begun monitoring to control the asteroid and its possible impact against Earth, "the probability of a collision is extremely unlikely and there is no reason for public attention or concern," they indicate from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Editor's note:
Every day, more or less large asteroids pass between the Earth and the Moon. And now that they (the asteroids) are under global surveillance and NASA's DART mission has been a success, we have the possibility of diverting them from their trajectory. As the ESA (European Space Agency) says: dinosaurs had no space agencies.
Related article:
NASA System Predicts Small Asteroid to Pass Close by Earth This Week
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/01/nasa-system-predicts-small-asteroid-to.html
Related links:
NASA's asteroid watch: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid-watch
Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS): https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/
Minor Planet Center (MPC): https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/
Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO): https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/overview
Eyes on Asteroids: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/
Image, Text, Credits: NASA/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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