We all know that in the world there is one thing that prevails on December 28 of each year. And that is the Day of the Innocent Saints, the only day of the year when we allow ourselves to take a “creative license” to make some news a little out of the normal. That is more than one will have left with a particular scare in the body. However, this is not a joke news. But the asteroid known as 2017 YZ4 could have hit the Earth on December 28.
Asteroid 2017 YZ4 passed only 224,000 kilometers from Earth on December 28
That is announced recently by NASA. Who said that the small asteroid, which is about 15 meters long, passed less than 224,000 kilometers from the surface of our beloved planet. That is only at a distance less than that which separates the Moon from Earth. That which is around 384,400 kilometers. However, even if nothing happened, and 2017 YZ4 has followed the course of its orbit. And in the case of having reached an impact, it would not have given us much time to do much either, since the US agency states that it discovers last 25 December.
And, with current technology, space agencies, and observatories around the world. That can detect years before the collision with a giant asteroid that is several kilometers long. However, the problem is with the small ones, which measure less than 50 meters. As in the case of 2017 YZ4, since by the time they are detected, they are already too critical distance.
The asteroid in question moves at a speed of 34,000 kilometers per hour, so if it had impacted the Earth could have caused severe damage to any nearby population, although in any case. Also, we would be talking about human extinction. However, who knows how many people would have believed a news of an asteroid impact on December 28, right?