Massive asteroid 2023 FM will come close to Earth on Thursday - Indiatimes.com

A massive asteroid that is as large as the size of 90 elephants is now hurtling towards Earth. Asteroid 2023 FM is approaching Earth at high speeds of 15.8km/sec and is set to come closest to the planet on April 6 (Thursday), as per data recorded from minorplanetcenter.net.
The huge space rock has a height range of 85-270 metre. However, despite the space rock's enormous size, it was only discovered on March 16, 2023, and its elliptical route was only determined on April 2. But there's no need to panic as it won't get much closer than 3,000,000 km to the Earth's surface, the website said.
But what is alarming is the Nasa report about Asteroid 2023 DW, which was discovered in late February this year, and will come very close to the Earth on February 14, 2046, 23 years from now. A statement from Nasa Asteroid Watch said, “We've been tracking a new asteroid named 2023 DW that has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2046. Often when new objects are first discovered, it takes several weeks of data to reduce the uncertainties and adequately predict their orbits years into the future.”
The asteroid’s diameter is listed at nearly 50 metre — roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool. “Orbit analysts will continue to monitor asteroid 2023 DW and update predictions as more data comes in,” it tweeted.
Nasa has projected that Asteroid 2023 DW has a 1 in 600 chance of impacting Earth. Though the probability is low, the asteroid still poses a threat to the planet. With its current trajectory, Asteroid 2023 DW takes about 271 days to orbit the Sun.
Asteroid 2023 DW currently occupies the top spot on the European Space Agency’s “risk list” for near-Earth objects with about a one-in-625 chance of colliding with our planet on Valentine’s Day in 2046. If 2023 DW were to strike a direct hit on a metro area, it could do serious damage. The 1908 Tunguska event flattened a massive section of remote Siberian forest.

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