With its discovery, the asteroid 2022 AE1 shot up to number one in the risk lists of Nasa and Esa. It is now clear that the asteroid will not pose a threat to Earth any time soon.
Update from Friday, January 21st, 2022: For about two weeks, the asteroid 2022 AE1 stayed at number one on Nasa and Esa’s risk list – now it has been completely deleted from the lists. Since its discovery, the asteroid, shot to the top of the risk lists due to two possible calculated impacts on Earth in 2023 and 2028, has been closely watched. Now it is clear: the two dates that were considered possible impacts on Earth can be ruled out.
According to the new calculations, the asteroid will only come close to Earth on December 29, 2146 – and then only by about 1.56 million kilometers. The asteroid no longer poses a threat and has been removed from risk lists – just as expected.
2022 AE1 is a Tunguska event-sized near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on 6 January 2022 when it was 0.09 AU (13 million km) from Earth.[1] On 9 January 2022 with an observation arc of 3 days it was rated with a Torino scale of 1 for a virtual impactor on 4 July 2023
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On 20 January 2022 with a 16-day observation arc, using JPL #11 the Sentry Risk Table dropped the asteroid to Torino scale 0 and then later that day JPL #12 resulted in it being removed from the risk table.
However, according to an update just yesterday, asteroid 2022 AE1 is no longer considered to be the high risk it was since its discovery on January 6th 2022
And video from Croatian Astronomical Union:Burning meteor lights up Croatian night sky
Meteors are pieces of debris from space that burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, causing a bright streak across the skies and appearing as "shooting stars".
Many Twitter users also reported seeing the space rock, which flew across the sky for about six seconds.
“I saw it in Banstead. Absolutely incredible – bright ball with a glowing green front edge and long white tail. Couldn't believe what I was seeing!” said Twitter user Janie Walker.
Una Hogan, posted on the messaging site to say: “Saw this blue-tailed fireball on our way from Glasgow to Edinburgh this evening. Looked like it was