2011 AG5 meteorite can attack the earth in 2040

Meteorite 2011 AG5 is becoming a potential destroyer for the green planet in 2040.

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Scientists are now closely watching the movement of meteorites 2011 AG5 with a diameter of up to 100km, to predict its impacts on the earth and people in the coming decades.

According to the researchers, the possibility of meteorites in 2011 AG5 hit the earth in 2040 is very large so the authorities need to make a backup plan to prevent possible catastrophes to humans.

2011 AG5 meteorite can attack the earth in 2040

At the 49th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Use of Aerospace Peace (COPUOS) in Vienna in early February this year, scientists announced the risk of meteorite 2011 AG5 hit the earth. within the next 28 years from the present time.

Meteorite 2011 AG5 was discovered in January 2011 from Lemmon Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, USA. Although calculating the magnitude of this meteorite, researchers are currently unable to determine its composition and weight.

Researcher Detlef Koschny of the European Space Agency said: '2011 AG5 is one of the objects most at risk of colliding with the earth in 2040. In addition to the Southern European Observatory, some observatories Other in the world are also carrying out the task of continuously observing the journey of 2011 AG5 ".

According to Donald Yeomans - Director of NASA's Near-Earth Object Observation Program, the 2011 AG5 object had a collision with the earth as 1/625 on February 5, 2040. Therefore, the scientists' task is to distract this meteorite before it enters the "keyhole" in 2023.

"Keyhole" are small areas in the space near the earth. When an object near the earth falls into the keyhole area, the object trajectory will be disturbed by the influence of gravity, thereby diverting the ability to collide with the earth.

The meteorite capacity of AG5 2011 fell into the keyhole near the earth especially in February 2023, 2.99 million kilometers from the earth, and flew in the wrong direction, causing the earth to crash in 2040, with celestial diameter up to 100km.

The 2011 Asteroid AG5 is one of the objects capable of hitting the Earth even higher than the Apophis object, predicted to hit the green planet in 2029.