Asteroid "Apophis" threatens to destroy the Earth in 2036

Russia announced it was considering the possibility of launching a spacecraft to divert an asteroid "Apophis" which does not exclude the astronomers that the Earth collide after twenty years.

The international astronomical societies, including Arab nations like Astronomical Society in Jeddah confirmed last April that one of the most dangerous known asteroids Asteroid "Apophis" or also known scientifically as "99942 Apophis - 2004 MN4" would come close after 20 years (the expected date is April 13, 2029) of ground where will traverse a distance of 18,300 miles only from the surface of the earth, which means that it will cross from inside the belt (synchronous communication satellites) with the movement of the earth.

According to astronomers, that the approach of this rock space of 300 meters in diameter will make it shine by 3 MAG, and you will see with the naked eye easily in Asia, Africa and Europe.

There is an opportunity estimated at 1 in 4500, that the approach of this asteroid from Earth in the year 2029, will cause the curvature of its orbit, which will lead to his return again to earth in the April 13, 2036, but this time there is a chance because they run the land, but this is still a possibility But with the passage of time and more monitoring of the givens tropical collision will be confirmed or not, "the scientists say.

In this context, the head of the Russian Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, said his country will call the space agencies of the United States, Europe and China to cooperate together in this task.

He declined, the most important scientist in Russia, to give details about the planned operation.

Perminov, the world is assumed that the land at risk of collision of real asteroids floating in space. And demands international cooperation through the United Nations to address this threat to all countries of the earth.

The scientific conference Rossi has previously warned of an asteroid collision with Apophis 99942 Apophis the planet in 2036, after it had passed in proximity to the year 2029 and very close to the relatively about 22400 miles.

The land came to an asteroid or comet collision in the region of Tunguska in Siberia in 1908, where the collision to an explosion led to the burning of 2000 km square which is equal to one fifth of Lebanon. Collision has burned about 80 million trees if the asteroid or comet was delayed a few hours of the crash had happened in the city of Moscow, had become extinct millions of people