Dr. Ashraf Shaker, Head of the Astronomy Department, revealedThe National Institute for Astronomical Research، The truth about what was circulated on social media pages regarding the collision of the newly discovered asteroid XX2022 with Earth, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14th.
Asteroid XX2022 colliding with Earth
The pioneers of the communication sites circulated news about the existence of an asteroid known as XX2022, which will penetrate the Earth tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14, and that it is the list of objects closest to Earth, with a diameter of 7 meters and moving at a speed of 6.6 kilometers per second, and it will be at the closest distance of 208,456 kilometers at 01:43. noon Mecca time (10:43 am GMT), and it is not seen with the naked eye.
The fact that the XX2022 asteroid collided with Earth
And Dr. Ashraf Shaker confirmed, A professor of astronomy at the Astronomical Research Institute, during statements to “Sada El Balad”, that the news circulating about the collision with the asteroid XX2022 is wrong, and that there is no danger of it colliding with planet Earth, Planet Earth is surrounded by many celestial bodies inside and outside the solar system.
He added that there are many objects floating in space, including large and small ones, and that the passage of such asteroids is not a rare occurrence, and that each of them is in its own orbit.
And the Astronomical Society in Jeddah had announced the transit of a newly discovered small asteroid called 2022 XX, with a diameter of 7 meters, moving at a speed of 6.6 kilometers per second, and it will be at the closest distance of 208,456 kilometers at 01:43 pm Mecca time (10:43 am GMT), and it is not visible to the eye. naked and there is no danger of it colliding with our planet, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 XX is on the list of near-Earth objects, and it includes any asteroid whose orbit intersects with Earth’s orbit. These asteroids are closely monitored, and thanks to high-precision observations and celestial mechanical calculations, their orbit is usually known with a high level of accuracy.
Based on the latest high-resolution orbital calculations from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wednesday’s asteroid approach has been confirmed as the closest in the next 10 years.
If this asteroid was on a collision course and entered the Earth’s atmosphere, it would not be able to cause damage, but it would suffice to appear in the form of a burning fireball that penetrates the sky, disintegrating and scattering into parts like meteorites.