WATCH: NASA ran a simulation for a hypothetical large asteroid hitting Earth. coronavirus cases surge to 50 ahead of long weekendTrump says he plans to ban TikTok in U.S., opposes Chinese saleRed onions from the U.S. could contain salmonella, health officials warnGhislaine Maxwell tried to hide when FBI agents arrived to arrest her, court documents allegeCoronavirus: ‘CERB has served its purpose’ says Employment Minister Qualtrough in explanation of planned move to EICoronavirus: Tam says Canada’s COVID-19 curve is seeing an ‘uptick’Trump says federal officers to remain in Portland on standbyCoronavirus: Trump pays tribute to Herman Cain, says they mourn all those who died of COVID-19IHIT investigates gruesome discovery at Burnaby towing company lot However, size is just one factor in determining the potential impact of an asteroid. https://globalnews.ca/news/7067086/asteroid-near-miss-earth Its speed and angle when it hits the Earth also affect its destructive power.The meteor that created a light show over Chelaybinsk, Russia, was 20 metres across, while the one thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs was 16 kilometres wide.There are no 16 kilometre-wide asteroids currently on NASA’s near-approach list.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. A football field-sized asteroid just missed Earth. Trump says he plans to ban TikTok in U.S., opposes Chinese saleCoronavirus: Trudeau announces plans for end of CERB, transition to EI The potential “city killer,” known as 2019 OK, came from the direction of the sun and was not spotted until the last minute.Earthlings don’t have to worry about another close encounter with 2020 LD for the next little while, as it will not come any closer than its recent near-miss over the next six decades.The asteroid might have been big enough to leave a kilometre-wide crater similar to the one in Flagstaff, Az., EarthSky reports. © 2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. NASA runs simulation involving Armageddon-style asteroid impact
No one saw it coming
The asteroid is the largest to pass near the planet in nine years, and it would have been big and fast enough to deliver a nuclear-sized explosion if it had hit Earth, according to Purdue University’s The asteroid was first detected by a telescope in Hawaii, Dozens of asteroids pass harmlessly between the Earth and the moon every year. Mysterious mass elephant deaths in Botswana possibly linked to toxin‘Murder hornet’ trapped for the first time in Washington StateCoronavirus: Trudeau announces plans for end of CERB, transition to EIGhislaine Maxwell documents unsealed, include emails with Jeffrey EpsteinWinnipeg woman injured in ‘extremely unusual’ Ontario fish attack: ‘It pulled me under’New B.C. ATLAS and other skywatchers typically identify, catalog and project the paths of these asteroids, although the occasional giant space rock does slip through.The last big scare occurred in 2019 when a 100 metre-wide asteroid seemingly came out of nowhere and passed within 73,000 kilometres of Earth. The largest meteor made crater in the world, near Flagstaff, made 49,000 years ago.