NASA today issued a new very important alert for an asteroid that has a diameter of approximately one kilometer, and which is capable of destroying an entire continent on Earth if it were to hit us. NASA chose the name 2002 PZ39 for this asteroid, a sign that it was discovered in 2002, at the moment it is moving at a speed of 57,240 KM/h through the universe, coming close to the Earth during the day of February 15 .
NASA has been monitoring this asteroid for almost 18 years, and in today's alert he said that it will only reach the Earth, with no chance of hitting us now, unless the trajectory is severely modified. However, the alert was issued because we are talking about an asteroid that has a diameter of 1 kilometer, and NASA is obliged to send alerts in the case of such large rocks, although they will not effectively hit our planet.
NASA: ALERT, ASTEROID that can DESTROY an ENTIRE Continent
NASA claims that this asteroid will reach the Earth somewhere around 13:00 on February 15, so astronomers who follow the sky very carefully should be able to observe it, considering its size. NASA has calculated that the asteroid will pass approximately 5.77 million kilometers from the Earth, so more than 15 times the distance between our planet and the Moon, so there is no danger, not even for what is in orbit.
NASA he says, however, that any kind of asteroid that travels through the universe can have its trajectory modified by planets, stars, etc., with which it interacts, their orbit being able to significantly change the angle of travel. It is more than certain that this asteroid had a modified trajectory from 2002 until now, but NASA calculated that we are safe, which is good, because in the event of an impact, there would have been extremely serious repercussions for the entire planet.
NASA will continue to inform the world about the various asteroids that are now moving through the universe, and that will reach the Earth, but for now there does not seem to be anything that could put us in danger.
