‘Massive 1.2 Mile Wide Asteroid Could Possibly Hit Earth In 2019′, Stated NASA Prior To Modifying Story Just 4 Days After
CONTINENT KILLER, NEO, NEARING, DATE SPECIFIED
Shockingly a considerable 1.2 mile diameter asteroid known as (89959) 2002 NT7 was in truth given a positive impact rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale, signifying that the object will possibly strike earth on some future date.
Actually a press release published by Don Yeomans of NASA, posted July 24, 2002, determined the object’s “low-probability of earth impact in 2019.”
To help make matters a whole lot worse, Yeomans also confirmed that (89959) 2002 NT7 is such a new finding that “the limited number of observations available do not allow its trajectory to be tightly constrained and the object’s very uncertain future motion often allows a very low probability of an Earth impact at some future date. Just such a low probability impact has been identified for February 1, 2019 and a few subsequent dates.”
As you can imagine the press release triggered waves that rippled throughout the general populace before being recanted some 4 days later by NASA’s Don Yeomans in a fresh release termed Asteroid 2002 NT7: Potential Earth Impact In 2019 Ruled Out.
In the article Yeomans has written:
With the processing of a few more observations of asteroid 2002 NT7 through July 28, we can now rule out any Earth impact possibilities for February 1, 2019. While we cannot yet completely rule out an impact possibility on February 1, 2060, it seems very likely that this possibility will be soon ruled out as well as additional positional observations are processed. Because the SENTRY system tracks a multitude of test particles in an effort to map the uncertainties of the asteroid’s future positions, some of these test particles can take slightly different dynamical paths. Hence there are currently two entries for 2060 in our IMPACT RISK table. The entry with the higher risk (larger Palermo Technical Scale) would be the value that would then take precedence.
At this point, due to NASA’s rapid readjustment in their statement, some, like Youtuber Tony Hicks, have been left more worried that such an object really has the potential to strike earth.
The BBC reported, “Researchers estimate that on 1 February, 2019, its impact velocity on the Earth would be 28 km a second – enough to wipe out a continent and cause global climate changes.”
Source: http://fusionlacedillusions.com/2015/08/06/massive-1-2-mile-wide-asteroid-could-possibly-hit-earth-in-2019%e2%80%b2-stated-nasa-prior-to-modifying-story-just-4-days-after/
