Lost asteroid 2007 FT3 unlikely to hit Earth in 2024, NASA says

NASA has quelled issues {that a} misplaced 54-million-ton asteroid might probably hit Earth this yr, devastating giant areas of the planet. 

The area company issued an announcement in response to a November report from GB News, which acknowledged that 2007 FT3 had a slim likelihood of hitting Earth in 2024. 

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory exhibiting the anticipated orbit of asteroid 2007 FT3.  (NASA)

Scientists ultimately misplaced observe of the 984-foot asteroid after first recognizing it in 2007, categorizing it as a “lost asteroid.” 

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GB News reported on the time that there was a roughly 1 in 10 million likelihood of the asteroid slamming into Earth by March 3, 2030 or a 1 in 11.5 million likelihood of hanging the Earth on October 5, 2024. 

NASA advised The Standard: “There are no known asteroid impact threats to Earth at any time in the next century. NASA and its partners diligently watch the skies to find, track, and categorize asteroids and near-Earth objects (NEOs), including those that come close to Earth.” 

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Scientists have been ready to acquire details about the asteroid earlier than shedding observe of it. The asteroid made its means onto NASA’s Sentry Risk Table of objects that would probably impression Earth.