The asteroid, known technically as “2022 AP7,” is one of three new asteroids that are close to Earth and are tucked away in the inner solar system, near Venus and Earth.
The intense glow of the sun makes it difficult for astronomers to find asteroids in this area, but they were able to find this trio thanks to a dark energy camera that was mounted on the Victor Mlanco telescope at the Observatory of “Siro Tolo Inter American” in Chile as part of a project funded by the American National Science Foundation.
The research report states that the asteroid “2022 AP7,” which has a width of approximately 1.
5 km, although it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when this would occur, has an orbit that could one day place it in the path of a collision with the land.
According to Scott Shepard, the lead author of the study reporting this work and an astronomer at the Earth and Planets Laboratory at the American Carnegie Institute of Science, “the twilight that we conducted roams the area inside the lands of the Earth and the flower in search of asteroids.”
He continued in statements reported by the American “Fox News” news network: “We have found two large asteroids near the Earth, with a diameter of about one kilometer, which is the size that we call the killers of the planets. ”
However, at a time when it was impossible to determine it, the report particularly discussed the likelihood of the asteroid “2022 AP7” crashing with the earth.
Only a small number of asteroids with orbits that affect the Earth are thought to be of a similar size, she added.
finding the planet-killing monster. Does he ever run into the Earth?
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