Astronomers from Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona discovered asteroid 2022 AE1, which has the highest risk of collision with Earth among all known near-Earth objects.
Data about the space body are provided on the website of the NASA Center for the Study of Near-Earth Objects. Asteroid 2022 AE1 can be compared to the Tunguska meteorite - its diameter is about 700 meters.
The object moves at a speed of 19,83 kilometers per second. Currently, the asteroid received one point on the Turin danger scale, which is determined based on the mathematical probability of collision and the kinetic energy of the collision, from zero (when the probability of collision is lower than the observation error) to ten (when collision is inevitable).
The potential collision of 2022 AE1 with the Earth is possible on July 4, 2023 and is currently estimated by NASA scientists at the level of one in 1700.
Photo: ssd.jpl.nasa.gov
