NASA monitoring asteroid that may crash into Earth on Valentine’s Day 2046 — but they’re not too worried about it

Experts say the asteroid has a one in 600 chance of making impact, though this may change as astronomers continue observing the object.

Named 2023DW, the asteroid was first discovered Feb. 26 by a Chilean observatory and is anticipated to make impact two decades from now on Valentine’s Day 2046, according to the European Space Agency .Hanno Rein, an associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Toronto, said current best estimates put 2023DW as having a one in 600 chance of impact with Earth.

“If the probability increases, going up to one in 100 or one in 10, then it becomes more of an immediate concern,” he told the Star. According to Rein, the hazard of near-Earth objects are ranked according to the Torino scale, with zero being harmless and 10 being the worst possible impact. 2023DW clocks in at a one, while every other current object on the Risk List is a zero.

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