Is it true that asteroids twice as big as Big Ben will hit Earth?

Jakarta – Later, an asteroid measuring twice the size of Big Ben would hit the Earth. What is it?

2018 LF16, the name of the asteroid is therefore the main figure of this news. A number of media, especially the British media, have made a moving report on this asteroid.

"According to NASA, asteroids twice as big as Big Ben could hit Earth in 2023", writes Mirror in the title of the article.

Big Ben in question is a clock tower located in London, England, which spans 11 floors with a maximum height of 96 meters. Referring to the figure of Big Ben, there is no doubt that the title of Mirror is quite horrible and shuddering, not to mention frills "according to NASA".

Still "according to NASA", in his article Mirror, also said that the LF16 asteroid of 2018, of a width of 213 meters, "should have the potential to affect our planet August 8, 2023".

In fact, as mentioned in the article, the probability that the 2018 LF16 asteroid strikes Earth is very small, "with a NASA prognosis predicting 99.9999967% of the risks of not touching the Earth ".

Site BGR.com reaffirms that in the article, while insinuating the style clickbait in a number of news relating to the asteroid 2018 LF16. "No, the asteroid 2018 LF16 will probably not touch the Earth."

In addition, the NASA model shows that the risk of asteroids' influence on the Earth is only 1 in 30 million. The opportunities are so small that those who monitor the threat of the asteroid label the potential threats from 2018 LF16 with a score of 0/10.

"The possibility of a collision is zero or so small that it is categorized as zero," wrote BGR explain the zero rate.

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