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Mar 8, 2022 · Their initial calculations showed that, 2022 AE1 is slowly inching towards our planet and potentially could hit Earth on July 4, 2023. ...more. On January 6th 2022, astronomers at the Mount...
- Never seen anything like it. “In January this year, we became aware of an asteroid with the highest ranking on the Palermo scale that we’ve seen in more than a decade, reaching -0.66” explains Marco Micheli, astronomer at ESA’s NEOCC.
- Planetary defenders – always alert. On 7 January, one day after its discovery by the Catalina Sky Survey, asteroid 2022 AE1 was flagged for a potential future impact by the Asteroid Orbit Determination (AstOD) automated system that makes up part of the NEOCC’s suite of tools to assess the asteroid risk.
- The Sun never rises on ESA’s eyes on the sky … On the evening of Saturday 8 January, Marco ‘the impactor killer’ Micheli got hold of the 80 cm Schmidt telescope in Calar Alto, which the Coordination Centre has nearly continuous access to (weather permitting), to get more data.
- … until the Moon gets in the way. During a tense week over 12-19 January, 2022 AE1 couldn’t be seen as the Moon outshone the dim potential impactor. On top of this, the asteroid was moving further away in its current orbit and getting fainter at the same time.
Jul 4, 2023 · As per the reports by the European Space Agency the asteroid named '2022 AE1' showed a potential Earth impact on July 4, 2023, and it could have caused significant damage to the area it would...
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Thankfully, further observations have now found that it poses no risk to Earth when it swings by next year. Known as 2022 AE1, the asteroid was discovered on January 6 and calculated to be about...
Feb 26, 2022 · An asteroid called 2022 AE1 showed potential impact with Earth in July of 2023, but the threat has now been reduced to nearly zero and will not impact.
Feb 28, 2022 · Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) say an asteroid designated "2022 AE1" that was on track to collide with our planet on July 4, 2023, is no longer a threat, according to a new report by Phys.org.
2022 AE 1 is a Tunguska event-sized asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 70 meters (230 feet) in diameter. It was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 6 January 2022, when it was 0.09 AU (13 million km) from Earth.
