There are some false reports doing the rounds of a very large asteroid, 2022 AP7, "certain" to strike Earth.
2022 AP7's orbit is well known 100 years into the future and it will not strike Earth or even make a close approach (atleast for a century.)
#AsteroidImpactDebunked☄️❌
2022 AP7's orbit is well known 100 years into the future and it will not strike Earth or even make a close approach (atleast for a century.)
#AsteroidImpactDebunked☄️❌
This doesn't mean it will strike in 101 years! Only that our #PlanetaryDefence experts calculate asteroid orbits for the next hundred years. Any asteroid with even a tiny chance of impact is added to ESA's #AsteroidRiskList, and becomes the focus of intense observations
New data improves our understanding of its orbit and reduces any uncertainties, after which point it usually becomes clear it will not strike and its removed from the list
🪨📉👉neo.ssa.esa.int/risk-list
🪨📉👉neo.ssa.esa.int/risk-list
We do this so that one day, when an asteroid can't be removed from our #AsteroidRiskList, we have time to prepare.
#DARTMission
#HeraMission
#PlanetaryDefence
#DARTMission
#HeraMission
#PlanetaryDefence
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