Gigantic Asteroids Could Kill More Than 2.5 Million People In New York City Says Study

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Astronomers warned the world in February due to several life-threatening asteroids of different sizes that could possibly hit New York. Joint forces of scientists tossed away to a safe distance these objects but still, thousands of them are yet to be identified.

Earth surpassed the 328-foot wide object known as 2013FK, but it's set to arrive again in 2021. According to Mail Online, the latest study reveals that the 100 meters (328 feet) asteroids could certainly wipe out buildings of more than two miles away. The falling object could also kill over 2.5 million individuals.

It was discovered that the fireball of asteroids would reach a distance of almost two miles. A thermal radiation could be felt up to 12 miles away that people residing in Yonkers, New York or Newark; New Jersey will be burned.

The study was conducted by Insurance Quotes that relied on the data from NASA Near-Earth Object Program. Researchers utilized an impact calculator to identify the energy of the NEOs (Near-Earth Objects). They then converted it into outputs that were measured in megatons of Trinitrotoluene (TNT). The study used a Nukemap tool in imitating the probable demolition impact of asteroids.

A ball of rock was modeled to hit the New York City following a recent 100 meters (328 feet) asteroid 2013 FK that flies across the sky. Congress called the possible impactor of this size, including 140 meters and smaller a “city killers,” Space News reported. NASA considered even the least diameter of asteroids or comets as a Potentially Hazardous Object.

The study noted NEOs that would possibly come up to the nearest distant from Earth this 2017. The study conducted late of January found the closest was set to create a near-miss just within the Moon’s orbit. Fortunately, these asteroids were already determined by NASA and the Near-Earth Object Program. The highly alarming instead are the approximately 10,000 unidentified asteroids and comets.