Asteroid Gearing Towards The Earth; Will This Impact Trigger The End Of The World?

One of the most dangerous things that could happen, without the humans' control, would be an asteroid impact. Asteroids colliding against planets and fellow asteroids are not new to the history of the universe. There were massive asteroid impacts that resulted to either the total destruction or a massive disruption of the element it went for. And since there's an asteroid geared towards the Earth's location, what will this mean for the living planet?

Scientists often regards these space objects as Near-Earth Objects (NEO) or Near-Earth Asteroids (NEA), those that usually pose collision risk to the planet, reports stgist. According to the report, these collisions will prove what cosmologist Stephen Hawking believes that should these impacts happen, mankind will not survive at all. So, what's needed is for the scientists to do something to deviate the object's path and avoid hitting the Earth.

However, there will be no need to panic since scientists confirm that the said asteroid will not be hitting the Earth. This Slar System asteroid, also known as 2015 TC25, is a plain, small asteroid. It's relatively small compared to the usual asteroids that pass by the Earth and other planets in the Solar System. The small asteroid is measured to be only about 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. Something that "Michael Jordan could hug," says The Science Magazine.

In a Space.com report, a scientist from the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Vishnu Reddy, shared that the 2015 TC25 is the first time that they were able to detect optical and infrared data from a small asteroid. Its size may even pass to be only a meteoroid. Reddy adds that although the small asteroid may likely be moving towards the Earth in a very near distance, the chances of it hitting the planet is minimal.

The 2015 TC25 was discovered in October 2015 through the use of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility found in Hawaii and other space research facilities in Puerto Rico, New Mexico, and Arizona. The study was published in the Astronomical Journal.