2018 LF16
2018 LF16 is an approximately 213 m large asteroid from the Amor group . It was discovered by astronomers at the Haleakala Observatory on June 14, 2018. The asteroid moves at about 15 km / s.
In some reports in the sensational press in February 2019 it was read that the "giant asteroid" could hit. 2018 LF16 is a potential earth orbit cruiser. On the Torino scale, however, it is classified as 0 and on the Palermo scale as −5.56. A collision with the earth is therefore associated with only a very low residual risk. By the year 2117 it will come 62 times closer to the earth. The impact probability for all 62 approaches together is around 1:30 million. According to current calculations, it will fly past Earth on August 8, 2023 at a distance of 3.4 times the Earth's radius. In the following years, according to NASA calculations, the gap will again be considerably larger. However, the orbit of an asteroid is never one hundred percent predictable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2018 LF16 - newton.spacedys.com , accessed February 16, 2019
- ↑ Giant asteroid approaching - NASA names possible impact date (Bad headlines, episode 24), accessed on February 17, 2019 at: https://www.wissenschaft.de/scienceblogs/riesen-asteroid-im-anflug-nasa-nennt- possible-hit-date-bad-headlines-episode-24-astrodicticum-simplex /
- ↑ Original information from NASA, accessed on February 17, 2019 at: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=2018%20LF16