This is the XN1, 39.3 meters high (equivalent to a 10-story building). What the specialists say and what risk of impact there is.
The POT reported that the asteroid XN1 39.3 meters high (equivalent to a 10-story building), will approach Earth next December 24in Christmas Eve.
However, it does not pose a threat, as it will pass at a safe distance from 7.21 million kilometersnails 18 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon as explained by Jess Lee, astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Huge asteroid will pass near Earth on Christmas Eve: does it represent a threat?
In the unlikely event of an impact, scientists estimate that XN1 would release energy equivalent to 12 million tons of TNTdevastating an area of 2,000 square kilometers .
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In the near future, the passage of other smaller asteroids is also expected, such as Y.C. (12.5 meters), the Y.H. (29.8 meters), the YD2 (6.5 meters) and the AO4 (10.5 meters), although none present a risk of collision.
Jess Leeastronomer Royal Greenwich Observatoryspecified in dialogue with MailOnline that the asteroid “will be very far away, about 18 times farther from Earth than the Moonso with this predicted trajectory, it will not come close enough to collide with Earth.”
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