NASA is watching an asteroid that could ruin the year 2046 for earthlings (3 photos)
The asteroid, known as 2023 DW, is 50 meters wide. By According to scientists, the probability of its collision with the Earth is 1 in 607. It is expected to approach our planet in a couple of decades. 
Astronomers predict that a large asteroid could ruin the earthlings' Valentine's Day in 2046 by running into our planet. However, the exact date of the collision is still unknown: experts predict a 50-meter asteroid known as 2023 DW, it will take more than two decades, and perhaps about three, to fly to the earth.
European Space Agency discovers 2023 DW 26 February and calculated that the probability of its arrival on Earth is 1k 607. The agency also predicted that an asteroid could hit on February 14 2046. According to press reports, the asteroid has the length of an Olympic basin, although experts admit that these figures need to be clarification, since "uncertainty in determining its size very large." 
Scientists have added DW 2023 to the so-called "list dangerous asteroids", which lists space objects that may collide with the earth. They gave him one point on the Turin scale - a method developed in 1999 and assessing the risk collisions of space objects with our planet. It means that, according to scientists, today the asteroid "does not represent a large hazard” and “collision is highly unlikely and does not public attention or public concern," as reported by NASA Center for the Study of Near-Earth Objects. But 2023 DW stands apart from other 1448 asteroids on the risk list as the only one rated higher 0.
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office reported that the risk of impact with the Earth is currently "very low". Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli predicted that the likelihood that DW in 2023 year will collide with the Earth, is 1 to 400, and developed a map, predicting where an asteroid might hit. However, according to the scientist, moment when the danger becomes real, "such a possibility, of course, will be excluded."
