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As if the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and the beginning of 2021 was not enough, next Tuesday the NASA announced that the Asteroid 2009 JF1 could hit Earth in 2022, being the most important in his list of “bigger threats” from a collision against our planet.
When could asteroid 2009 JF1 collide with Earth?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is determined by sistema Sentry -which is used for collision surveillance- that the following May 6, 2022 would be the collision date of asteroid 2009 JF1, which will be the “most dangerous” in the next 100 years, although the probability of a collision is 0.026% according to its parameters.
Asteroid 2009 JF1: features
NASA estimates that the JF1, which have been monitored since 2009, measures about 130 meters in diameter and they think it’s about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt.
Experts believe that in case it hits our planet, an explosion equivalent to the detonation of 230 kilotons of dynamite would occur. This explosion would be devastating when you consider that the bomba de Hiroshima, launched in 1945, exploded with a force of 15 kilotons.
Asteroids with potential danger
Other asteroids with potential danger to Earth include the 2005 AD224, which could make contact with Earth between 2023 and 2064, while the 2007 FT3 would hit between 2024 and 2116.
The fact is, you don’t have to worry.