NASA have made a starling announcement saying that there is a chance that asteroid 2013 TX68 could hit Earth when it re-approaches next year.
This new admission marks a dramatic change of mind about the risks posed by the asteroid when NASA said the 100ft-wide rock had ‘no possibility’ of hitting the Earth earlier in the month.
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If asteroid 2013 TX68 does it hit earth on September 28, 2017, it will explode in the atmosphere, unleashing the same amount of energy as a large nuclear bomb, and destroying anything beneath it.
Mirror.co.uk reports:
“The possibilities of collision on any of the three future flyby dates are far too small to be of any real concern,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for near earth orbit studies .
“I fully expect any future observations to reduce the probability even more.”
Late last night, NASA published a tweet in which it claimed that Earth would be safe from this asteroid for at least the next century.
However, astronomers cannot precisely predict its movements and have given it a “condition code” of eight out of a possible 10, which means they cannot accurately predict its movements.
Asteroid 2013 TX68 orbit calculations refined with add’l observations; new calcs rule out any threat for 100 yrs. https://t.co/ZZc376w06u
— Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) February 26, 2016
Experts cannot say for sure whether the space rock will zoom by at the terrifyingly close distance of 11,000 miles – or fly wide of the planet by 1.3 million miles.
“This asteroid’s orbit is quite uncertain, and it will be hard to predict where to look for it,” Chodas added.
“There is a chance that the asteroid will be picked up by our asteroid search telescopes when it safely flies past us next month, providing us with data to more precisely define its orbit around the sun.”
The asteroid has become something of an internet star, with one joker giving the space rock its very own Twitter feed.
It has also become the subject of a number of bizarre theories suggesting the world is about to end.
Just picked up a radio transmission of something called The Kardashians. That’s my life now. This Bruce guy is hench.
— 2013TX68 (@2013TX68) February 15, 2016
Some conspiracy theorists claimed the Messiah could arrive after the asteroid plunges into Earth, followed by a secret planet called Nibiru.
Others claim NASA is covering up the true risk posed by TX 68.
In a rather incoherent and badly-spelt response to NASA’s tweet last night, one fearful man wrote: “100 years of notin!? If there was sumit wud ppl b told?
“Nope course the world wudnt be told cos world wud go insane!”
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