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  1. www.youtube.com › watchWill 2022 AE1 Hit Earth? - YouTube

    Mar 8, 2022 · On January 6th 2022, astronomers at the Mount Lemmon discovered 2022 AE1. An Asteroid roughly 70-meters (230 ft) wide. Their initial calculations showed that...

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  2. www.esa.int › Space_Safety › Planetary_DefenceESA - The rise and fall of the riskiest asteroid in a decade

    • 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.

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  4. www.youtube.com › watch2022 AE1 ASTEROID | Should We Worry About it? - YouTube

    Asteroid #2022AE1 caused a bit of a stir following its discovery on January 6, 2022. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California te...

  5. scitechdaily.com › the-rise-and-fall-of-theThe Rise and Fall of the Riskiest Asteroid in a Decade – “I ...

    Mar 2, 2022 · “The data was clear, confirmed the next morning by our counterparts at NASA – asteroid 2022 AE1 poses no impact risk,” explains Laura Faggioli, near-Earth object dynamicist in the NEOCC who computed the orbit of 2022 AE1 throughout the observation period. Asteroid 2022 AE1 topped ESA’s risk list before being removed entirely. Credit: ESA

  6. www.gadgets360.com › science › newsThe Most Dangerous Asteroid Discovered in a Decade Won't Hit ...

    Mar 11, 2022 · On January 7, space scientists in Europe discovered a large asteroid that appeared to be on a collision course with Earth. They calculated that the 230-feet-wide asteroid, named 2022 AE1, was set to hit Earth on July 4, 2023.

  7. futurism.com › the-byte › killer-astroid-missing-earthGood News: Killer Asteroid Not Going to Hit Earth ... - Futurism

    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. Big News / Small Bytes 2.26.22, 4:42 PM EST

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  9. scitechdaily.com › a-potentially-dangerousA Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Gave Astronomers a Scare ...

    Mar 6, 2022 · Based on their initial observations, it appeared this object — called ‘2022 AE1’ – could potentially hit Earth on its next pass, on July 4, 2023. Since any uncertainties in an asteroid’s orbit are highest in the hours just after its discovery, astronomers at several different observatories scrambled to make follow-up observations – which usually rule out any future impacts.