Will Apophis really hit the earth in 2036?

But I can give you some information about Apophis.

Apophis, an asteroid 400 meters wide, hit the earth. The latest calculation method and recent data show that the possibility of Apophis hitting the earth on April 13, 2036 has dropped from one in 45,000 to about four in a million, and it will be18,300 miles away from the earth's surface in April, 2029.

Monica Grady, a meteorite expert from the Open University of the United Kingdom, said: "It is only a matter of time before a near-earth asteroid collides with the earth, not whether it will happen. Many smaller space objects melted when they rushed into the earth's atmosphere, so they failed to collide with the earth. Asteroids with a diameter greater than 1 km will collide with the earth every few hundred thousand years, and asteroids with a diameter greater than 6 km will collide with the earth every few hundred million years. Such an impact will lead to extinction. This time, human beings are faced with a big guy who is late. "

Because it is possible to hit the earth in the relatively near future, it has attracted much attention from scientists in recent years. Scientists once thought that if Apophis hit the earth, it would not lead to global destruction, but it might cause serious regional disasters.

Apophis is considered to have a 2.7% chance of hitting the earth in 2029. After checking the orbit, NASA scientists found that Apophis will pass by the earth in 2029, but will return to the earth in 2036, and may break through the atmosphere and collide with the earth! "Apophis" has reached the fourth level of the Turin Scale, and the level of 10 means an inevitable global devastating collision. Apophis is the most dangerous asteroid ever discovered. Scientists once thought that the probability of it colliding with the earth in 2036 was as high as one in thirty-seven!

Judging from these data, Apophis may rub into the earth's atmosphere, but it will not destroy the earth!