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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: miriam0920 on 20/09/2008 21:56:27

Title: Asteroid?
Post by: miriam0920 on 20/09/2008 21:56:27

Does anybody knows about a supposely asteroid that will hit earth in 2028?

Title: Asteroid?
Post by: graham.d on 20/09/2008 22:04:23

Wiki has some estimates of chances of asteroid impacts..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event

The one you are thinking about maybe 99942 Apophis which has a chance (1 in 17 but down graded recently) in 2029 but, if it misses, gets a second go some years later.

A more full analysis is...

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/