Forecasts of the European Space Agency (ESA) show that the path of the asteroid " NASA scientists called countries that may suffer from a collision.

Among the countries of the possible line of fire are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sudan. Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. However, the inhabitants of these countries should not panic, because the probability of a collision is a little more than two percent, writes Thus.

Astronomers say that the asteroid of 2024 YRA has a width of 40 to 100 meters, and it forms a crater in the earth's crust the size of a city. That is why he is called the "

When he was discovered, the giant boulder rose at the forefront in the list of risks of the NASA collision, and its level of threat only increased with subsequent calculations.

Asteroid 2024 Yra could break the atmosphere at a speed of more than 61,000 kilometers per hour and lead more destruction than 100 nuclear bombs.

The engineer of the NASA CATALINA SKY Survey project David Rankin drew a “risk corridor” showing a channel where a space stone can land.

The calculations of scientists suggest that the asteroid will probably fall somewhere in a lane stretching from the top of South America through the Pacific Ocean, through South Asia, the Arabian Sea and Africa. Where exactly he will hit within this strip, will depend on the rotation of the earth.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sudan may be on the fire line. Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. But NASA notes that you should not panic, because the probability of a collision is still too small.

According to experts, the data on the 2024 asteroid YRA are constantly changing, since its path is extremely variable.

Agencies from around the world are preparing the planet protection programs to prepare for the deviation of an asteroid, if necessary.

The Department of Special Projects of the State Department of Science and Technology of China published an announcement of work on the Planetary Protection project. They took over the improvement of asteroid monitoring and the creation of an early warning system.

Due to an increase in anxiety about the probability of a clash with space stone, researchers offer various methods of deviation of an unwanted blow, including sun lasers, nuclear bombs or, most likely, kinetic shock elements.