A large asteroid has been discovered that astronomers say is dangerous and will return on August 26, 2032.
"A 400-metre asteroid is threatening to blow up the Earth,"
Russian vice-premier Dmitry Rogozin, in charge of his nation’s space research, wrote on his Twitter account.
“Here is a super target for the national cosmonautics.”
The asteroid was discovered by astronomers in the Ukraine on Saturday who promptly named it 2013 TV135.
Astronomers discovered the asteroid was approaching Earth at a potentially dangerous trajectory. They calculated the potential collision date – with a force as powerful as 2,000 atomic bombs – but the odds of an impact are 1 in 63,000.
NASA said in a statement, named “A reality check”, that it was 99.998 per cent certain that when it heads back around the planet in 2032 it will sail past again. Until further investigation by NASA, the asteroid has a rating of 1 out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, the system that gauges the danger of impact.
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