Precise calculations on the trajectory and impact of an asteroid.

For the seventh time they have managed to discover it and predict where the impact on earth of an asteroid turned into a meteoroid would occur that impacted the earth in a very spectacular way.

Meteoride 2023 CX-1 was around 1.1 meters and was discovered about seven hours before impact by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky, who was able to calculate its location and the time of impact which occurred around 2:50 a.m. UTC over northern France, specifically over the waters of the English Channel, near Normandy.

The last three predicted impacts occurred in the last 12 months and locating an object as small as 2023 cx-1 is extremely difficult, all of which bodes well for how our technological ability to detect threats from space is improving.

This one, which is in the news now, exploded the atmosphere without causing problems, but other somewhat larger ones can cause a lot of damage, such as the case of the Chelyabinsk fireball in Russia, which will be 10 years old on February 15, according to NASA. about the size of a building, since it was about 17 meters high by 15 meters wide, it entered the atmosphere at about 64,800 kilometers per hour, exploding about 20 kilometers high and releasing an energy of 500 kilotons, which is about 30 times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

The shock wave caused damage to buildings, especially windows and glass, as well as minor injuries to 1,491 people. About 5,000 kilograms of meteorite fragments reached the ground, including one of 650 kilos that was recovered on one side.

If the one in Chelyabinsk had been detected in time, the emergency services could have been put on alert and alerted the population, simply by warning them not to lean out of the windows, most of the injuries would have been avoided, since In the case of Chelyabinsk, most of the victims were due to cuts caused by the breaking of the windows that exploded by the shock wave.

In the case of Meteoride 2023 CX-1, it shows that our ability to deceive has improved the larger the asteroid, the more astronomers will be able to capture it, even amateur astronomers, they will also be able to do it much sooner and we will be able to take action, with time for humanity every day is better prepared to respond to the challenge of asteroid impacts, in the future it will not be something Inevitable but something that we can combat.

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