> Expert warns of asteroid hit > > London - A massive asteroid could hit Earth in just 17 years' time, > destroying life as we know it, a British space expert said on Wednesday. > The asteroid - the most threatening object ever detected in space - is 2km > wide and apparently on a direct collision course with Earth. > "Objects of this size only hit the Earth every one or two million years," > said Dr Benny Peiser, an asteroid expert at Liverpool John Moore's > University in northern England.
Hi Guyes, Asteroid 2002 NT7 has a 1 in 6 million chance of impacting the Earth in February 2019. In other words, there is a remote, but non-zero, chance it may hit the Earth then. Looked at another way, 1 in 6 million also means that there is a 99.99998% chance it will miss the Earth. If you will look our risk page: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/index.shtml There are currently 37 asteroids on possible collision course with Earth, all of them very low probability events. 2002 NT7 currently ranks at the top of the list, mainly because of its large size (2 km) and relatively close potential impact date (2019). Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
