Asteroid Threat: Impending Collisions with Earth in the Near Future.
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Asteroid 2023 DW, estimated to be about 164-feet in diameter, has a 1-in-607 chance of crashing into Earth on February 14, 2046, creating a disaster zone over 800 square miles. The asteroid is ranked as a level 1 on the Torino Scale, which assesses the seriousness of collision predictions, and is the only asteroid on the European Space Agency's Risk List that has a ranking of 1. While the risk of impact remains "very small," orbit analysts will continue to monitor the asteroid and update predictions as more data comes in.
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