Some multitude hate pineapple on pizza . Some hate people that sing too loudly on phones in world . Others really hate the end ofLostand are still angry to this day that the last three season were a total waste of meter .
Do you have it off what I hate more than anything , though ? I absolutely , 100 pct detest goddamn story aboutasteroids that might arrive at Earth . I detest them with such a ardent heat that I ’d be unforced to eat nothing but pineapple plant for the rest of my life if I never had to expose one again .
Well , bad news for me . Multiple outlets are account on NASA “ warning ” about 2018 LF16 , an asteroid 213 meters ( around 700 foot ) across that ’s probably not going to hit Earth . But have ’s storm up that sensationalism , anyway .
According to NASA’sCenter for Near Earth Object Studies(CNEOS ) , the asteroid will make 62 comparatively skinny walk to Earth between 2023 and 2117 , with the closest coming on August 8 , 2023 . ( Note , the JPLsmall object databasesuggests it wo n’t be anywhere near on that appointment , but I ’m not sure which is right . )
That might sound scary but fear not . The asteroid has a one in 370 million chance of hitting Earth on that twenty-four hours , which is so unlikely that you could stay living your life however you please with no fear of this objective take your humble dwelling to its end .
If I ’m reading the table right , they ’re suggesting the asteroid will make pass within three times Earth ’s spoke , or about 22,000 kilometers ( 14,000 miles ) . That is admittedly quite closelipped but , well , it ’s not airless enough for us to start abandoning the satellite .
The asteroid is on an orbit around the Sun that takes about 533 Earth day . It come as confining as 0.4 times the Earth - Sun distance to the Sun ( 0.4 astronomic units , or AU ) and flies to about 2.7 AU , which is beyond the orbit of Mars .
Asteroids of this size and others do pose a terror to Earth , and we need to get estimable at tracking them ; it ’s gauge that a fourth part of asteroids that could hit us are still unexplored . The annualAsteroid Daytries to raise cognizance of this issue .
But 2018 LF16 is nothing to lose sopor over . It ’s a hefty asteroid that is orbit the Sun , and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future . Earth ’s probably survive to be fine . Or not . What do I know , I wish pineapple on pizza pie .
