Data shows that the 49.3 meter diameter Asteroid 2023 DW may collide with Earth on February 14, 23 years later. NASA.
According to calculations, the asteroid will fly at a distance of 1.8 million km from Earth, but there is a possibility of collision because there is an error in the calculations. Given the size of the celestial body, the proposed impact will not lead to the death of life on Earth, but will require the evacuation of significant numbers of people from a large area.
Scientists continue to refine data about the orbit of a space object. Currently, this is the only known asteroid capable of colliding with Earth. The probability of such an outcome at NASA is estimated at 1 in 560, and at the European Space Agency – 1 in 625.
A dangerous object is moving in orbit around the Sun at a speed of 25 km / s, at the moment it is located at a distance of 18 million km from the Earth. In the period from 2046 to 2054, ten dangerous encounters of an asteroid with our planet are predicted. Additionally, in the event of a possible collision, NASA has a program of impact probes that can alter the asteroid’s orbit.
ancient scientists there is Radar image of the near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5.