Apophis (aka 99942) is an asteroid with an orbit close to Earth and that according to NASA data, pass near the Earth in the year 2036 (estimated before 2029) and a small collision with another asteroid could divert toward our planet, where they produce an effect greater than 40,000 atomic bombs.
The B612 Foundation made estimates of Apophis path to follow by 2036 if the impact were to occur, resulting in a trajectory of risk that is located in the southern part of Russia, across the Pacific, passing along the coasts of California and Mexico, then continue between Nicaragua and Costa Rica continuing through the Caribbean Sea to cross the northern regions of Colombia and Venezuela, ending its journey in the Atlantic before arriving in Africa.
This asteroid is about the size of 2.5 football fields and April 13, 2036 would have a dangerous approach of just 30,000 miles on our planet.
But to our recent calculations tranquility documented by Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas, astronomers specializing in near-Earth objects at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA have drastically reduced the likelihood that Apophis hits, leaving behind the 2.7%.
"Techniques for computer updated and new data indicate that the probability of an encounter with Earth on April 13, 2036 has dropped from an over 45,000 and only four million," Chesley said.
I just hope that by then the head of Bruce Willis and Leonard Nimoy are kept alive in a jar of liquid H2OGfat to resolve any last-minute error hehehehehehe
