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Liputan6.com, Jakarta – AI (artificial intelligence) has contributed to the discovery and study of asteroids. Additionally, AI also has the potential to help protect Earth from asteroids.

Quote HT technologyOn Monday (09/10/2023), a study from the University of Washington found that an algorithm called HelioLinc3D helped researchers find dangerous asteroids.

NASA also revealed that an asteroid would now be at its closest distance to Earth. The asteroid is called Asteroid 2023 TL.

To date, 1,298,148 asteroids have been discovered, and asteroid 2023 TL is one of them. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) said this asteroid will be at its closest distance to Earth on October 9, 2023.

During its approach, this asteroid will be at a distance of 3.1 million kilometers from Earth. And hurtle towards Earth at an incredible speed, namely 50,124 kilometers per hour.

NASA believes that this asteroid is not large enough to be classified as a potentially dangerous object. A celestial body must be approximately 492 feet wide and pass Earth at a distance of less than 7.5 million miles to fall into this category.

On the other hand, the Asteroid 2023 TL is only a mere 140 feet wide. We can therefore estimate that its size is the same as that of an airplane.

The Apollo group asteroid 2023 TL is a space rock that passes through the Earth with a semi-major axis larger than the Earth.

The name of this asteroid is taken from the name of the asteroid Apollo 1862 discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

And the approach of asteroid 2023 TL will be the first approach to Earth in history. However, NASA has predicted that this asteroid will not overtake Earth anytime soon.