The asteroid baptized as YR4 has been giving what to talk about between the scientific community and among the population around the world, due to Its high level of impact probability against Earth in 2032, having the probability of 3.1%the highest registered figure for an asteroid in recent times.
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It is estimated that the space rock has a size of between 40 and 90 meterssimilar to the height of the statue of freedom. Due to its size, it is estimated that it may cause damage to approximately 2 thousand square kilometers, Similar to what happened in Russia in 1908, when a similar size meteorite crashed into a forest, which completely destroyed.
It has been emphasized that YR4’s trajectory is still too uncertain to make exact predictions, however, it was determined that in case this impact against the earth, it could fall somewhere in South America, the Atlantic and the sub -Saharan Africa.
Although several proposals have been made by the Government of China and NASA to divert the Asteroid, the Space Missions Planning Group (SMPAG) He said that if the rock is below 50 meters, I would recommend the evacuation of the impact zone and in case of exceeding that size, they will resort to the other measures.
In which countries could the YR4 asteroid impact?
The following places were identified as a risk hall:
- The Eastern Pacific Ocean.
- The north of South America: countries like Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
- The Atlantic Ocean.
- Africa: countries like Nigeria, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The Arabic Sea.
- South Asia: India and Bangladesh regions.
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Although the probability of impact is relatively low, being 1 of 32, both NASA and other organizations have shown concern about safeguarding lives at risk, taking different measures and plans.
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