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Tuesday, January 2, 2024 11:30 am IWST
Left! An asteroid is estimated to hit Earth in 2024 and could destroy continents/Photo: detikcom/NASA
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A lost asteroid called FT3 has been discovered.
The asteroid disappeared from scientists’ observations for more than 10 years.
After being discovered, news was revealed that there was a small chance of the asteroid hitting Earth this year.
FT3 was first discovered in 2007. However, scientists missed its flight path. Subsequently, FT3 was nicknamed “the lost asteroid”.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA says there is a 0.0000096% or 1 in 10 million chance of FT3 hitting Earth on March 3, 2030.
However, after being discovered, 2007 FT3 had a 0.0000087% chance or a 1 in 11.5 million chance of hitting Earth on October 5, 2024.
If this happened, FT3 would have the potential to release energy equivalent to exploding 2.6 billion tons of TNT.
The explosion was strong enough to cause damage in the region. However, this is not enough to trigger a global event like the aforementioned extinction of the dinosaurs MSN from detikcom.
Even so, NASA has revealed other threats to Earth. Asteroid 29075 is said to hit Earth with the force of 75 billion tons of TNT.
The force of the explosion was enough to end human life on Earth.
This estimate was first expressed by scientists in 1950.
Asteroid 29075 has a chance of hitting Earth on March 16, 2880 of 0.0029% or a ratio of 1 in 34,500.
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