Earth is clear from the threatening asteroid in 2032 – but our moon may not be

The asteroid is heading for a close approach to Earth on December 22, 2032. But don’t be afraid, the WebB space telescope simply confirmed that Asteroid 2024 has almost 0% likely to collapse in the ground. This was said that astronomers were not able to rule out possible impact with the moon.

The Last Warning Asteroid System (Atlas) in Chile in Chile in Chile discovered The asteroid on December 27, 2024. Shortly after its discovery, the asteroid 2024 was considered potentially dangerous, as The odds of this strike the land reaching nearly 3%S These odds are not massive, but when it comes to the potential threat of asteroid of the city’s murder, ideally you want them to be closer to the likelihood of a zero chance. On February 20, NASA Removed 2024. from his naughty list Following the calculations, the asteroid has an almost zero chance of hitting the ground.

Fe. The news is getting better – new observations from the web are doubled in confirmation: the asteroid does not pose a threat to the land. As for the moon, this is obviously another question.

When it was first spotted, the Asteroid 2024 was 515,116 miles (829,000 kilometers) from Earth. Since then, the Space Rock has moved away from us and its next close approach will not be until December 2028. Ground telescopes from the International A asteroid Warning Network track the asteroid, but will be too weak to be observed by June 2028, according to NASA. Therefore Web was called for workMeasurement of the brightness of the asteroid in the range of infrared wavelengths to better determine its size.

At the end of January, a team of scientists suggested that the tool for medium infrared web to monitor the asteroid and better understand its potential for damage. The team recently released Preliminary results From the observations of the web from Asteroid 2024, which suggests that although the asteroid is more large and a worse than previous observations, it has almost 0% chance of hitting the Earth during its upcoming Flyby. The results have not yet been submitted for partnership and publication.

The Web first noticed the asteroid on March 26, watching it as it rotated every 20 minutes for a period of five hours. Using the web observations, the researchers have determined that the asteroid is a little more bigge than it was previously thought. Initial estimates suggest that asteroid measures between 130 and 300 feet wide (40 and 90 meters) based on its reflected light. However, web observations measure the asteroid 200 feet (60 meters).

Recent observations also suggest that the surface of the asteroid is more refined than most other asteroids of its same size and distance from the sun, which can be because the asteroid 2024 is more common than usual. The team will use the Web to monitor the asteroid again to help improve its thermal and orbital properties.

Web observations may have ruled out the impact of the Earth for seven years, but the results suggest that the asteroid “continues to have a non -zero probability of affecting the moon at the moment,” the researchers concluded. The moon may have withstood thousands of asteroid effects in its 4.5mm history, but it is not yet clear what would happen if the Asteroid 2024 hit our natural satellite. At Its Current Size Estimate, The Asteroid Would Likely Release About 8 Megatons of Energy During Impact -Which Is More 500 Times The Enere Released by the Atomic Bomb Drop The Energy Released in the Tundka Blast since 1908, according to NASAS

The potential impact of the moon would allow scientists the rare opportunity to observe a lunar crater that is formed right in front of their eyes (assuming that it hits within our gaze from Earth) and will get a better understanding of the violent history of the solar system.