Scientists have just warned of a possible collision between Earth and an asteroid next October.
The asteroid with a diameter of 340 m and weighing up to 55 million tons, named Asteroid FT3, will fly over our planet on October 3, 2019. If the asteroid turns and flies directly in the Earth, at the time of atmospheric penetration , it will travel at speeds of 20.37 km / s or more than 73 km / h, an impact force equivalent to 2,700 megatons. TNT explosives.
However, NASA experts estimate that the probability that asteroid FT3 will crash into Earth in the next 3 months is only 1 / 11,000,000. After October 2019, asteroid FT3 is expected to return to Earth. and be able to strike our planet on October 2, 2024 and October 3, 2025.
