He has been worried for several weeks for several weeks. Discovered at the end of 2024 by the Río Hurtado Observatory, located in Chile, this heavenly body, however, is not worrying, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). This estimated the probability of a collision with the Earth on December 22, 2032 to 1.3 %. As The Guardian reports, the most recent calculations evoke a risk of 2.3 %.
An unlikely shock
Is humanity in danger? The 90 meters of this asteroid may seem modest, but a small rock body of a similar size had left smoke of 2,150 km² of Siberian forest when it crashed on our planet, in 1908. Therefore, a clash in a populated area could be devastating …
However, scientists want to be reassuring. The asteroid is classified today 3 of 10 on the Turin scale, which evaluates the risks of collision of celestial bodies with the earth. But, in a video …