This is clickbait. The article clearly states "With a diameter of 1 to 2km, space rock named 2022 AP7 crosses our orbit but has ‘no chance’ of hitting Earth"

Arguably, there are many celestial bodies whose distance from Earth is decreasing at any given time

It seems like there is one of these articles every year. Mostly clickbait, as it clearly states there is “no chance” of striking Earth.

You'd hope the guardian would know better than to use sensationalist clickbait article headlines.

Here's my thoughts on it friend:

>With a diameter of 1 to 2km, space rock named 2022 AP7 crosses our orbit but has ‘no chance’ of hitting Earth

Cool.

Goes to show that even "respectable" publications like The Guardian aren't immune from resorting to click-bait.

How about reading articles instead of reacting to (clickbate) headlines? You might be surprised on how much info there is when you really read ;)

Other commenters have already pointed out that the article directly refutes this claim, so I'm going to go a different route and point out this is why it's unhealthy to just read headlines. Read the articles!

“It has no chance to hit the Earth, currently,” said Sheppard, noting that at present 2022 AP7 crosses the Earth’s orbit when the Earth is on the other side of the sun.

You gotta read the articles bro.

> This got me worried

Why did it get you worried? It says right in the first sentence it has no chance of hitting the earth.

I'm worried that you got worried over one article on one source - especially since the source was The Guardian. You must have noticed the deafening silence of no other reporting on this being a danger.

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