The asteroid newly named 2022 OE2 was discovered on July 26, and according to astronomers’ estimates, the space rock is about the size of two American football fields – between 557 and 1,246 feet wide. If this asteroid were to collide with Earth, officials estimated it would release more energy than about 1,000 nuclear bombs. However, this will not happen as NASA has confirmed that its orbit will not bring it into a collision course with our little blue planet. Officials measured 2022 OE2 and found it will pass Earth at about 3.2 million miles, which is about 13 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon. 2022 OE2 safely passed Earth on August 4. If you’re wondering if Earth is going to be hit by large asteroids of this caliber, fear not, as NASA is tracking thousands of space rocks like 2022 OE2 and according to space there is no cataclysmic asteroid that it knows of due to impact Earth for at least the next 100 years. Like Connor Jak joined the TweakTown team in 2017 and has since reviewed 100 new tech products and keeps us up to date with the latest science and space news every day. Jak’s love for science, space and technology, and more specifically for computer games, started at the age of 10. It was the day his father showed him how to play Age of Empires on an old Compaq computer. From that day, Jak fell in love with games and the advancement of the technology industry in all its forms. Rather than typical FPS, Jak holds a very special place in his heart for RTS games.
