Scientists warn of the imminent collision of a giant asteroid with Earth

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08:37 18.01.2019(Update 09:02 18.01.2019) Copy link

NASA scientists have discovered the asteroid "Apophis" in 2004, which could touch the Earth in 2068 and approach the Earth in 2029 ten times more than the distance of the Moon to that of the Earth.

The Russian University of St. Petersburg reported on the collision of the asteroid and on the thesis that the calculation of the approach of the asteroid was documented on April 13, 2029 at a distance of 38,000 km (the moon represents 384,000 km), and this approach leads to a change in the trajectory of the asteroid could lead to a dangerous collision in 2068.

According to Russian scientists, before the possible collision, the asteroid would reach 16 million kilometers in 2044, 2051 on 760,000 km and in 2060 on 5 million kilometers.

The diameter of the asteroid "Abuves", 370 meters, an iron component weighs 20 million tons and follows a path close to the path of the Earth, which meets twice in its cycle at 5 km / s.

Previously, a skull-shaped asteroid, dubbed "2015 TB145", was approaching the Earth.