According to NASA, the opportunity for asteroids as big as the width of the NFL field continues to be outlined.
The recently discovered asteroid now has a 2.6% impact probability in 2024, i.e. 1 out of 38 opportunities. This is an increase in chances from 1.9% after 1.9% and the initial 1% in late January. On the other hand, this means that there is more than 97% chance that asteroids may pass through Earth.
The celestial bodies are estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet and are expected to approach Earth on December 22, 2032.
According to NASA, the opportunity for asteroids as big as the width of the NFL field continues to be outlined. The recently discovered asteroid now has a 2.6% impact probability in 2024, i.e. 1 out of 38 opportunities. The above picture is an illustration. (iStock)
Stadium-sized asteroids seen by NASA as “potential danger” and are expected to move “relatively closer” to Earth
The strike will almost certainly continue up and down as the asteroid paths around the asteroid can be better understood, and astronomers say the risk is likely to drop to zero.
NASA and the European Space Agency’s Webb Space Telescope will observe the near-Earth asteroid before the object disappears from the view in March. Once this happens, scientists will have to wait until 2028 to pass again.
NASA said that in the unlikely event, the age of 2024 is creating an impact trajectory, which will occur somewhere along the risk corridor, which is spread throughout the Eastern Pacific, North America, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Arabian Sea and South Asia and South Asia. NASA said that if it was to slam the Earth, it would drop at a high speed, affecting at about 38,000 miles per hour.
The Torino impact hazard scale provides asteroids with 10 levels of 10, a system used to measure the potential dangers posed by near-Earth objects.
The image is provided by the University of Hawaii’s Asteroid Impact Alert System, which shows the asteroid 2024 December 27, 2024. (ATLAS/APA University of Hawaii/NASA University of NASA via AP)
Stadium-sized asteroids seen by NASA as “potential danger” and are expected to move “relatively closer” to Earth
At level 3, the scale suggests: “Close contact, deserves the attention of astronomers. The current calculation gives a collision chance of 1% or higher. If the encounter is less than a decade away, the public and public officials will be It’s worth the attention.”
The alert level is the second highest record since asteroid apophis reached level 4 in 2004, but later observations determined that its trajectory would result in its safe distance of about 20,000 miles in 2029.
But, experts say it’s too early to worry about the asteroid.
As of January 31, 2025, the 2024 track has a location. (NASA)
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“No one should be worried about the rising probability of impact. This is the behavior our team expects,” Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Research, told the Associated Press. “To be clear, we expect it.” The impact probability drops to zero at some point.”
Asteroids first reported in 2024 that the NASA-funded Asteroid Asteroid Terrestrial Impact System (ATLAS) is an international sales center for small body position measurements for asteroids. The world, managed by the Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii.
Fox Weather and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
