Research professor, Sean Gulick, outlines the research he conducted into the asteroid that spelt the end of dinosaurs.
. 2019 QZ1 will be travelling at just over 5 miles per second. A collision might still occur due to mitigating factors.The Yarkovsky effect results in heat emitted from an external object, such as the Sun, can alter the spin of the asteroid and force it into a deadly collision course with Earth.
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