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NASA assured, however, that this will be a “near accident”, and there is no chance of the asteroid hitting the planet.
This newly discovered asteroid will pass 3600 kilometers above the southern tip of South America, that is, ten times closer than the sets of communication satellites that circulate visible in the sky, the space agency also highlighted.
Even if the space rock came much closer to Earth, the scientists explained that most of it would burn up in the atmosphere, with some of the larger pieces likely to fall as meteorites.
NASA’s impact risk assessment system, the “Scout”, quickly ruled out an impact, stressed developer Davide Farnocchia.
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