Asteroids are at risk of colliding with the Earth

Scientists fear a large-sized asteroid like the American Statue of Liberty could endanger the Earth in 2017.

Earth can collide with an asteroid

The 2012 asteroid estimated astronomers are about 40 meters wide , about 6 meters smaller than the height of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. This is twice the size of meteorites that exploded in the sky in Russia in February 2013, causing 1,500 people to be injured and destroy more than 7,000 houses.

Simulate an asteroid toward the Earth.(Photo: NASA)

It is expected to approach the Earth on October 12, 2017 and may cause a major disaster, but researchers have not been able to determine the exact location of the collision.

" This is something we will keep an eye on. We can imagine a big explosion in the air, depending on where it passes," said Dr. Judit Györgyey-Ries, astronomer at the Station. Observer McDonald of the University of Texas, USA, said.

Meanwhile, Detlef Koschny, head of the European Space Agency's (ESA) near-Earth research agency, identified the probability of a collision as one millionth . The asteroid observer of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) says asteroids will not be able to crash into Earth.

An observatory in Hawaii discovered 2012 TC4 on October 4, 2012. A week later, the asteroid almost collided with the Earth as it moved about 95,000 kilometers.