Comet 26km wide can destroy the Earth in 4479

The comet Swift-Tuttle can collide with the Earth in 2,400 years, creating a powerful explosion that wiped out life.

Swift-Tuttle comet can create the worst genocide disaster on Earth after a collision took place over 2,000 years, Forbes on 11/8 reported.

Comet Swift-Tuttle passes through the solar system.(Video: YouTube).

According to astronomers, if hitting the Earth on September 15, 479, comets 26 km wide and moving at 60 km / s can cause explosions to release energy equivalent to 20 million bombs. fusion, 30 times larger than the impact of the dinosaurs.

However, scientists claim that the probability of Swift-Tuttle hitting the Earth is extremely small . "With 99.99% it will only go through us , " said American astrophysicist Ethan Siegel.

Swift-Tuttle comet needs 133 years to spin around the Sun. 1992 was the last time this comet entered the solar system. The ability of this object to hit the Earth is very low, but the gravity of Jupiter can cause a collision to occur, experts say.