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The first step in the planetary defence response is to trigger further observations,
Snodgrass said
Most likely this one will pass by harmlessly,
said Colin Snodgrass, a professor of planetary astronomy at the University of EdinburghAt this stage, the best thing to do is to continue tracking the asteroid for as long as possible so that we can predict its trajectory with more confidence,
he saidScientists continuously monitor Earth-crossing asteroids, whose paths intersect Earth's orbit, and near-Earth asteroids that approach Earth's orbital distance to within about 28 million miles and may pose an impact danger,
NASA states on its website
People should absolutely not worry about this yet
Catalina Sky Survey engineer and asteroid hunter David Rankin told Space.com
If we don’t find that detection, the impact probability will just move slowly as we add more observations,
he said