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It is a hoax: the ESA published a Twitter thread explaining what the seven were objects with a greater probability of impact, but at no time did he indicate that one of them could "collide with the Earth in a few hours." From said space agency assures us that \"in no case\" have they raised that \"as imminent\" scenario. In fact, in their tweet they explained that the asteroid 2000 SG344, \"approximately 40 meters\", had a chance of impact one in 1,183. Although _Antena 3_ has included an errata in its article and has deleted the tweet in which he spread it, at the close of this information they continue to maintain two posts on Facebook in which they indicate that the ESA would have warned of a "gigantic asteroid that could hit Earth in a few hours" (you can see an archived version here and here). As we say, said agency space has not made that alert. ## The ESA denies it Antena 3 bases its content on a thread published by the ESA to commemorate the Asteroid Day, which is celebrated this June 30. In that thread, they talk about asteroid 2000 SG344, which with about 40 meters in diameter is the largest in the seven objects with the highest probability of impact with the Earth, according to the agency. In the thread, they indicate that the probability of it colliding with our planet is 1 in 1,183, but they do not say that this impact can occur \"in a few hours\". In fact, in one of the tweets in the thread they indicate that we will not see him again until 2025 and that will be when they hope to have additional data to clarify impact scenarios\". In statements to Maldita.es, the ESA has assured that the information has been \"taken out of context\" and that \"in no case has the ESA given the news as imminent\". Furthermore, they tell us that what they intended with their thread was inform \"about objects that have been on our list for a long time time\" and that at the moment \"there is no information, nor confirmation of a concrete impact with the Earth\". There is also no \"new information added to the list of risks of these objects\", they add. _Antena 3_ has included an errata in its article (you can see a archived version here) to clarify that the space agency was reporting "the probability of collision of asteroid 2000 SG344 without making an alert as such\". However, at the time of publication of this article there are still maintaining on Facebook that the ESA had warned that the asteroid "could collide with the Earth in a few hours\". ![\\"\\"](\\" screen-2020-06-29-at-11.13.30.png\\") ## NASA ruled out a collision of the asteroid with Earth in 2030 In an article published on November 7, 2000, days after the asteroid was discovered, NASA assured that "scientists say that "There is no appreciable opportunity for a collision for at least 70 years." Said article also includes some statements from the one who at that time He was the director of NASA's Near Earth Object program. Donald Yeomans, in which he claimed that some images taken before the asteroid was discovered \"they absolutely rule out a collision in 2030\", but that the impact options will increase after then: \"For For example, there is a one in a thousand chance that a collision will occur on the 16th. September 2071\", he adds. 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