The object moved through the earth's atmosphere at a very low velocity of 11 kilometres per second, led them to deduce that the object may have orbited earth
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team confirmed the identification by comparing before and after images of the site where Vikram crash-landed.
Even though the chances of a possible asteroid hit is very likely in the future, space agencies like NASA are still unclear about the possible date of this impact