2018 VP1 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. Asteroid “2018 VP1” scores a 7 which means the projected forecast is uncertain. “0” being a very “duck and cover” confident and 9 being very uncertain. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 2018 VP1 is an asteroid that orbits the Sun, probably a chunk of rock (or, less likely, metal; those kinds of asteroids are much more rare).
He has been argued more voting by mail could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. He claims the au scale puts the closest approach 300 miles within the planet. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Asteroid “2018 VP1” scores a 7 which means the projected forecast is uncertain. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. It crosses Earth's orbit, and can get close enough to qualify being called a Near-Earth Asteroid, or NEO. Well, when they compute this stuff through orbital mechanics, they use the center of the celestial body, in this case, the earth. The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded about 97,000 feet in the air with the force of 400-500 kilotons of TNT, or 26-33 times the energy of the “Little Boy” atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.

The correct math would be 4780 – 3958 = >800 miles. The earth is 7,917 miles across, and half that is 3,958 miles. The LD numbers were provided because 0.02 lunar distances is a much more accurate and specific number than 3.91 e-5 au. This asteroid was 11 times larger than “2018 VP1” at 66 feet across and was shared on social media everywhere as it appeared brighter than the sun and was visible up to 62 miles away. That is is 7,500 times smaller than the meteor that was believed to have killed the dinosaurs. The Moon’s orbit is grey. The reality is however that given the incompleteness of the near-Earth-object (NEO) catalogue, an impact could occur at any time. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 VP1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.39 LD or 0.00100 AU (149 597 km / 92 955 miles) on November 2, 2018. If it were to hit the atmosphere, the asteroid is so small that it would only look really bright before breaking up into tiny pieces, WHIO reports. The entire premise that Nasa can provide the numbers, but aren’t smart enough to understand them like this guy is preposterous. We are going to have to build space-based weapons against aliens and all of it is a lie.”. ©2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The space rock, known as 2018VP1, has a one in 240 chance of striking on November 2, according to the Center for Near Objects Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In a recent article to Mlive, astronomer Mike Murray says while this is very close, it is not as bad as it seems. In the video you state that the asteroid is six MILES across when it’s just 7 feet. Asteroid 2018 VP1 itself is too small and far away to see clearly, ... saving the world from a deadly asteroid impact. For the past 290 million years, large asteroids have been crashing into Earth more than twice as often as they did in the previous 700 million years, according to a 2019 study in the journal Science. That is completely different. The blue arrow points in the direction of Earth’s motion and the yellow arrow points toward the Sun. Donald Trump has previously called for November's presidential election to be postponed because of an increased number of postal voting because of the coronavirus pandemic. Featured image: The green line indicates the object’s apparent motion relative to the Earth, and the bright green marks are the object’s location at approximately half hour intervals. Writing on Instagram, Dr Tyson stated: "Asteroid 2018 VP1, a refrigerator-sized space-rock, is hurtling towards us at more than 25,000mph. Given that the moon is 239,000 miles away, 0.02 equates to 4,780 miles. View our online Press Pack. This is the 58th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.
Now keep in mind asteroids have been coming close or have hit our planet for millions of years, and many do daily. But before you hunker down in your bunker, NASA says the chances of it hitting Earth is about one in 240, or 0.41 per cent. Dr. Rosin said Von Braun told her repeatedly, “And remember Carol, the last card is the alien card. © 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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There is some chance that you have reached this page because of some news stating that there is a significant risk that Asteroid 2018 VP1 will hit the Earth in the near future. Should it hit earth it would release an estimated 0.42 kilotons of energy. Maybe We Should! Here's Her Update On The State's Response To COVID-19, Police: Roseville Drive By Shooting Leaves Woman With Fractured Skull, Police Seek 2 Suspects In Connection To Armed Robbery On Detroit's Southwest Side, Police Seek Suspect In Connection To Fatal Shooting On Detroit's East Side, Unemployment Benefits: Gov. RELATED: Most Explosive Meteor Impact: 1908 Tunguska Explosion Caused by Iron Asteroid That … It will collide with earth on Sun, Jun 3, 2018, which is - days and - hours from now.. Theoretically a meteor impact should only happen once or twice a century. The rock is seven feet in diameter and NASA estimates that it weighs about 35,273lbs. The video was ridiculous. NASA’s list of potential major crashes shows no pending major threats.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The asteroid will likely come as close as between 4,700 miles and 260,000 miles of Earth, according to Forbes. This asteroid has an estimated diameter between 1.9 and 4.2 m (6.2 – 13.8 feet) and it flew past us at a speed (relative to the Earth) of 9.81 km/s at 18:20 UTC on November 2. What’s the big deal? Will Asteroid 2018 VP1 Impact Earth? That is where the video correctly gets its 300-mile estimate from, or a drive from Metro Detroit to Sault Sainte Marie in the UP to put it in perspective. Asteroid 2018 VP1 is in fact known as a Near Earth Object (or NEO), i.e. There are three potential impacts, but none are expected to be disastrous based off 21 observations over 13 days. Its orbit is elliptical, and stretches from between the orbits of Venus and Earth to out past Mars.

Part of that is because in 2018 they observed this for 21 days and only formed an orbital arc for 13 days. The au scale was only given as an approximation in the first place.

JPL assigns a confidence number or condition code to NEO’s from 0 to 9. The meteor has around a 1 in 240 chance of hitting Earth. Asteroids still only hit Earth on average every million or few million years, even with the increased crash rate. The bulk of asteroids and debris in space as you may remember from science class get burned up in the atmosphere, caused by the friction from the air as objects hit the atmosphere going many thousands of miles per hour. The Latest Planet X Photos as it Orbits The Sun 10-8-2020, Geomagnetic Storm Impact Earth Today 11/5/18.

679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The narrator does not say the asteroid will come within 300 miles. Information from MLive contributed to this report. Anybody with any degree of intelligence would know that. By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our.