Mega asteroid 'could come dangerously close with Earth in 2052', say experts
dailystar.co.ukSpace Agency confirming that a collision will not take place on April 2, 2052. The threatening asteroid had been at the top of global risk lists for months as concerns mounted about its potential impact. READ MORE 'First human to live past 150 years has already been born', claim age-stopping scientists But the European Space Agency ( ESA) has confirmed they have removed ‘2021 QM1’ from their list after they joined forces with the European Southern Observatory.
They used one of the most sensitive telescopes in the world to determine the false risk, with experts later announcing that it will no longer strike.The mount Lemmon observatory, located in Arizona, first discovered the rock on August 28, 2021.“These early observations gave us more information about the asteroid’s path, which we then projected into the future,” said Richard Moissl, ESA’s Head of Planetary Defence.“We could see its future paths around the Sun, and in 2052 it could come dangerously close to Earth.
The more the asteroid was observed, the greater that risk became.”Astronomer Marco Micheli said they "had to wait" until 2021 QM1 passed out of the Sun's glare for them to see what could be, reports ESA.
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