xaeru t1_jdoq41e wrote on March 26, 2023 at 12:16 AM

Reply to comment by insufficientmind in [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee

What is the known threat past 100 years?

YoOoCurrentsVibes t1_jdowl6l wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:06 AM

There’s no implication of there being a threat after 100 years?

danielravennest t1_jdres22 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:30 PM

Unknown. This asteroid was only discovered a month ago. To make long-term predictions you need to know the current orbit precisely. It hasn't been watched long enough to do that yet. The close pass will help. They can use radar to get some very good measurements