NASA has discovered an asteroid that could pose a threat to our planet. 2023DW could strike Earth on Valentines Day in 2046. What are the chances of it actually happening?
@@briansparks6801 wrong reply section, dude. Also the NASA dart mission does NOT destroy asteroids, it deflects them. Even a small change in course can completely change the asteroid’s trajectory.
The 2013 Russian Chelyabinsk Meteor was only 59 ft in diameter and just skimmed the Earths Atmosphere and yet it damaged over 7,200 buildings and caused $33 Million in damages just from exploding at 97,000ft in altitude (18 miles high). Nearly 1,500 people were hospitalized.
@@philbob99 Yea, have watched a couple of Documentaries on the Tunguska event. That BFR (big fat rock) did an Airburst at around 5Km up and the resulting blast flattened over 2100 sq Kilometers of Forrest. We can't see BFR's that sneak into the Solar System from behind the Sun and at some point, the Earth will see something of that Magnitude or higher coming straight for us.
@@Heart2016SimI think it’s because the asteroid has a chance of hitting on Valentine’s Day, where the joke is “the worst she can say is no” referring to asking somebody to be your valentine and then maybe the asteroid hits? I honestly don’t know, but I hope this helps!
@@user-gq6of5zf7pit’s fine it’s a 1 in 400-607 chance, even if it did hit it will all be over quickly and we all should be fine, if your that scared move somewhere we’re it isn’t.
@@modepro1217 The "we" is NASA. Or you could think of it as "We" Humans/mankind or the whole world etc - working to protect earth from asteroid impacts.
Luckily, the NASA DART mission has proved that we can deflect asteroids if given enough time, and we did dart with like less then a year of prep, so I think 20 years is long enough
Seeing how this isn't extinction level size, we could very feasibly redirect it with not too much effort. One or two hits of concrete from a falcon heavy would really mess it up.
Fr, thats not "low" even if its less than 1% somethint that poses this big of a threat thats every scientist in the country has to work to prevent this level important
It's been taken clear off the danger list. The video says it may explode in the atmosphere. But "explode" isn't the right word. Meteors fall into three types. There's solid iron, there's fractured rock, and there's loose piles of rubble held together by gravity. When a rubble-pile hits atmo, it falls apart like a handful of gravel. Everything spreads out, and everything hits the air at once. It makes a fiery mess in the sky, and leaves only a few small bits falling out of the fireball. To a person directly in its path, it looks like an explosion. But it isn't an explosion.
@@leftyme4568 I love how you are speaking for yourself and the people you know. None of you all are good people and are a bunch of low-life leeches on society. Got it.
No one said you have to, but the mental gymnastics it takes to think asteroid impacts are only localized to California is honestly sad. Or those people that constantly wished California became like Gomorrah lmao. Sinking into the ocean, with volcanoes, Asteroids earthquakes, wildfires, drought I've lived in California my whole life and tbh only the people suck, it's a beautiful place, but don't wish bad on the earth
@@bigbk3278 look through the comment section, dimwit.So many idiotic Americans wish death to Californians over the safety of the internet. It’s pretty sad
"See honey, I didn't forget Valentines Day. I got you an asteroid. It's that quickly growing ball of light in the sky! Happy last Valentines Day, sweetheart!" 😂
