The asteroid Bennu was discovered back in 1991, but only now it has become possible to more accurately calculate its trajectory, along which it moves at a speed of more than one hundred thousand kilometers per hour. Astronomer from NASA Dante Lauretta (Dante Lauretta) said that the enormous size and speed of the asteroid Bennu approaching the Earth, as well as its trajectory, and which the risk of collision with the Earth is very high, is a serious threat to all mankind. The impact of this asteroid will be equivalent to the explosion of 3 billion tons of explosives, which will lead to a huge number of deaths and a global man-made disaster that can throw the development of human civilization back.
Dante Lauretta emphasizes that at the moment the estimated chances of an asteroid colliding with the earth are 2700 to 1, however, as you get closer, they may change. The greatest risk of collision is determined between 2175 and 2196, that is, less than two hundred years later. The astronomer hopes. that by this time humanity will find a way to protect itself from asteroids.