# NASA's 2022 Asteroid Collision Could Create Earth-Bound Meteor Shower in 30 Years 🌠

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/nasas-2022-asteroid-collision-could-create-earth-bound-meteor-shower-in-30-years/289745>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nasas-2022-asteroid-collision-could-create-earth-bound-meteor-shower-in-30-years/289745 "2024-08-24T19:31:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nasas-2022-asteroid-collision-could-create-earth-bound-meteor-shower-in-30-years/289745/1 "2024-08-24T19:31:59Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Debris Pathway**  
NASA’s DART mission, which smashed into an asteroid to test deflection techniques, could result in debris reaching Earth within 30 years. Simulations show particles from the impact might eventually produce a meteor shower known as the Dimorphids.

2. **Tracking and Timing**  
The impact created around 3 million particles, some of which could reach Earth in about 7 years. However, these particles are expected to be too small to produce visible meteors right away.

3. **Future Spectacle**  
While the debris poses no danger, it could lead to a future meteor shower, offering a luminous spectacle as the particles disintegrate upon entering Earth’s atmosphere.

**Read more at:** [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com)