Its closest approach to Earth is expected on February 14, 2046, at 1.8 million kilometers.
An asteroid about 50 meters in diameter, discovered on February 26, follows a trajectory that carries a small risk of impact with Earth on February 14, 2046. “We’ve been tracking a new asteroid called 2023 DW that has a very small probability of impacting Earth in 2046. Often, when new objects are discovered for the first time, several weeks of data are needed to reduce uncertainties and adequately predict their future orbits,” NASA explains in the Twitter account dedicated to asteroid tracking.
Its closest approach to Earth is expected to be 1.8 million kilometers from Earth on February 14, 2046.. NASA orbit analysts will continue to monitor asteroid 2023 DW and update predictions as more data comes in.
The asteroid, discovered from the MAP San Pedro de Atacama Observatory, has a estimated diameter of 49 meters and it is currently 0.12 astronomical units from Earth, circulating at a relative speed with respect to the Sun of 24.63 kilometers per second.
Its orbital period is 271 days. The ESA Near-Earth Object Coordination Center anticipates, on March 8, a direct hit chance of 1 in 625although these probabilities are recalculated daily.
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