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The scale measures the danger of Near Earth Objects (NEOs), meaning it is being considered as being a large item with a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers" and boasts a "1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction."

For now, YR4's projected trajectory puts it in line of eight of the most populated cities in the world, including Bogota, Colombia; Mumbai and Chennai, India; and Lagos, Nigeria, putting about 110 million people at risk.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is also warning about cutting science spending with the possibility that the city-killer asteroid could hit, reports The Post.