translated from Spanish: there’s a chance that asteroid will hit Earth in September

Usa. A few months ago, NASA scientists discovered the 2006 asteroid QV89, which is approaching Earth at a rate of 44,000 kilometers per hour and which, they reported, there was a chance it would hit the planet in the early days of September.
Scientists look at its trajectory and analyze the chances of it crashing into Earth, as it is scheduled to be September 9 in the early morning when the asteroid approaches a relatively risky distance.  The asteroid has a diameter of 40 meters, which although it does not sound very threatening, according to the specialists, the speed at which it approaches could cause damage similar to that caused by the meteorite that fell in Tunguska, Siberia, in 1908, which destroyed a territory of 2 thousand square kilometers.
However, although previous research by the Italian Space Agency ensures months ago that the chances of impact were 1 in 11,428, NASA confirmed that 2006 QV89 poses no danger.  In addition, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies reported that “all impact scenarios for the next century were eliminated.”
So, at least the meteors will let us sleep easy in the early morning of September 9for the next 100 years.

Original source in Spanish

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