starting approach
In fact, the real distance at which the asteroid will fly is still not very clear, and scientists manage a fork that places it between (only) 17,000 kilometers and the 14 million kilometers , they report on the NASA website.
How is this lack of precision explained? Everything has its logic. Asteroid 2013 TX68 was discovered on October 6, 2013 , that is, two years ago, when it has already passed 2 million kilometers from Earth. East time margin is insufficient to predict its orbit around the Sun.
At the moment, it is not known from where it can be seen, in case the distance between the asteroid and Earth is reduced. "The orbit of the asteroid is uncertain and it will be difficult to predict where to see it" , explains Paul Chodas, director of NASA's Center for NEO (Near-Earth Object) Studies. "There is a possibility that the asteroid is detected by our telescope when you pass safely next month, providing us with data for define more precisely its orbit around the Sun ", he adds.
Although scientists insist that the flight of Asteroid 2013 TX68 during the month of March will be safe, they have identified a remote possibility that it could impact the Earth In your next approximation, the September 28, 2017 . The probability is 1 in 250 million. Chodas insists that the chances of a collision are "too small to be of real concern" and says that with future observations the probability could be "reduced even further".
What is known are its dimensions: Asteroid 2013 TX68 has a diameter of 30 meters , about 10 meters more than the one that penetrated the atmosphere over Russia three years ago.
Possible locations of Asteroid 2013 TX68
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