Luckily, no one on Earth is in danger of this close encounter.
As asteroids are relatively small in terms of the universe, they can fairly easily be disturbed, "so they can develop orbits that cross those planets," explained Jay Tate, the director of the Spaceguard Center observatory in the U.K., toasteroid is relatively close to Earth on a solar system scale, the chances of it, or any other
, hitting Earth are incredibly low. One of the reasons this asteroid is of particular interest is that it was so recently discovered, demonstrating that the survey of near-Earth asteroids is not yet complete.were to hit Earth its impact would vary based on its size, speed, and angle of impact.and its 1,000 and 2,430 feet span were to collide with Earth, the damage would be substantial.
"Within 100 kilometers of the impact , there will be radiation effects from almost nil to radiation burns; a range of seismic effects; airblast effects ranging from glass windows shattering to buildings collapsing; clouds of gas and dust launched into the atmosphere."As the asteroid comes closer to Earth it brightens significantly. In early October,was at about magnitude 19.5.
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