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With 1:63 odds of it hitting us, this warrants a definite, "d'oh!":
While it merits highest hazard rating yet, astronomers say collision unlikely
www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx
A recently rediscovered 400-meter asteroid is predicted to pass near Earth on April 13, 2029, meriting the highest rating yet for a hazardous near-Earth object.
For comparison, the Barringer Meteor Crater in northern Arizona is thought to have been created by an iron meteorite between 30 and 100 meters in diameter. Its impact would have released energy equivalent to about 3.5 million tons of TNT.
Entire article:
www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx
While it merits highest hazard rating yet, astronomers say collision unlikely
www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx
A recently rediscovered 400-meter asteroid is predicted to pass near Earth on April 13, 2029, meriting the highest rating yet for a hazardous near-Earth object.
For comparison, the Barringer Meteor Crater in northern Arizona is thought to have been created by an iron meteorite between 30 and 100 meters in diameter. Its impact would have released energy equivalent to about 3.5 million tons of TNT.
Entire article:
www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx
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