Novina Putri Bestari, CNBC Indonesia
Technology
Tuesday 01/09/2024 20:30 WIB
Photo: Illustration of an asteroid (NASA document)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – It is said that an asteroid will hit the Earth in October 2024. The United States Space Agency has expressed its voice on the matter.
The asteroid in question is 2007 FT3 with an energy equivalent to 2.6 billion tons of TNT. FT3 was first discovered in 2007 and is included in NASA’s Sentry Risk Table of objects with the potential to impact Earth.
But NASA says there is no threat to Earth in the future. The agency confirmed that it had made observations of objects approaching Earth.
“There is no known threat of asteroid impacts on Earth in the next century. NASA and its partners diligently observe the skies to find, track and classify asteroids and near-Earth objects (NEOs), including those approaching Earth “a NASA spokesperson explained. , cited by IFL Science, Tuesday (01/09/2024).
FT3 measures 314 meters. The asteroid is also said to have disappeared from NASA’s sight.
NASA observations did not find this object. It is said that asteroids are too faint and invisible.
But finally within two days the asteroid was observed in 14 points of the arc. IFL Science mention of this sighting allows astronomers to calculate the orbit and potential collision with Earth.
With this calculation, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies identified 89 potential impacts. Included on October 5, 2023.
For your information, the same calculations predicted a collision or near-Earth object in 2019. However, this never happened.
NASA explains that the closest object is 30 million miles away (about 48.2 million km). The larger the asteroid, the easier it will be for observers to find it.
“The larger an asteroid is, the easier it is for planetary defense experts to find it. This means that its orbit around the Sun has been known and understood for years or decades,” NASA explained.
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