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Is there an asteroid in the vastness of space that can be a threat to Earth? According to NASA scientists, there are currently no known asteroid threats to Earth for at least 100 years. However, there are unknown asteroids that could pose a problem.
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According to NASA JPL asteroid expert Davide Farnocchia, NASA is constantly searching for asteroids because of the potential threat they pose.
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According to Davide, asteroid impacts have occurred in the past and can happen in the future. However, these events are rare, with a destructive asteroid only occurring every few thousand years or more.
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This is why it’s important to continue searching for ways to protect Earth from asteroids and identify them before they pose a threat.
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NASA has been funding search programs for over 20 years to observe the sky and track asteroids.
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Davide states that over a million asteroids have been discovered, with 95 percent of those larger than one kilometer that could potentially come close to Earth.
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Once an asteroid is discovered, its future path is projected to determine the possibility of an impact on Earth.
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The Torino scale is used to assess the risk level of each asteroid, with a range from zero (lowest risk) to 10 (highest risk).
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Fortunately, all the asteroids discovered so far have been ranked as zero on the Torino scale, indicating the lowest risk for the next hundred years.
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However, scientists will keep searching the skies for rogue asteroids, just in case
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