NASA asteroid DANGER: A 2,700 MEGATON asteroid might hit Earth this October

Express (UK) ^ | 7/6/19 | Sebastian Kettley

[LibWhacker]

AN ASTEROID with the destructive power of 2,700 megatons of explosive TNT risks slamming into the Earth later this year, NASA’s asteroid trackers have revealed.

The imposing asteroid, dubbed Asteroid FT3, will come barrelling past our home planet on October 3, 2019. NASA expects the flyby to mark the first of 165 approaches between 2019 and 2116. On any one of these asteroid flybys, the risk of cataclysm is low but should the asteroid veer off course and straight into Earth, the results could be cataclysmic. Asteroid FT3 is a monstrous rocky object measuring an estimated 1,115ft (340m) in diameter.

NASA further estimates the asteroid weighs an incredible 55,000,000,000kg.

If the asteroid were to ever hit the Earth, at the point of atmospheric entry, the rock would slam into the planet at 20.37km per second or more than 45,500mph.

The force of impact would likely be equal to 2,700 megatons of TNT or 2,700,000,000 tonnes of TNT.

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So, what are the odds of this asteroid striking the Earth in October?

Thankfully, the risk is incredibly low but it is not non-existent.

There is a small chance – about one in 11,000,000 – Asteroid FT3 will crash into us in the next three months.

The odds of impact translate into a 0.0000092% chance of cataclysm or a 99.9999908% chance the asteroid will miss Earth.

[LibWhacker]

Here comes another one.

[dp0622]

There is a small chance – about one in 11,000,000

You post this garbage here?

Do you not like your life so are hoping?

That says 11 million just in case you didn’t know.

[SgtHooper]

You can bet the flash mob scumbags are hoping for this!

[butlerweave]

How about an asteroid tax ,that will save us

[hiredhand]

I chuckled when I read that. I’m not sure if you follow the perpetual, cyclic chatter about “Nibiru”, a.k.a. - “Planet-X”. They’re always setting a date for TEOTWAKI (The End Of The World As We Know It)... and it always passes, and they don’t miss a beat... they don’t reduce the hype... they just set another date and continue their rhetoric. We call them “doomtards”. :-)

[Afterguard]

Democrats pose a much larger risk to the planet than this silly thing. Geeze, what a worrywart.

[freedomson]

Wow,okay, it might be time to switch to decaf.

[null and void]

2,700 megatons? Now that's a LibWhacker!

[onedoug]

IF IT HITS IT HITS.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Women, minorities, LGBQT hardest hit.

[Army Air Corps]

We’ll have to send a rag-tag group of people from various disciplines on a mission to the asteroid in a last-ditch effort to stop it! Coming soon to a theater near you!

[Political Junkie Too]

I hope it hits my neighbor's house. He always plays his stereo too loud. 🏡^🌠

-PJ

[LibWhacker]

Hey, homie! Shaddap a you face. It’s not garbage. It’s science.

[chris37]

That will solve alleged “Climate Change”.

[jospehm20]

What I found sad is that I knew what the TEOTWAKI acronym stands for.

[LibWhacker]

they just set another date and continue their rhetoric

With bigger asteroids!

[US_MilitaryRules]

Then why should we care about climate change? lol

[dontreadthis]

well in that case, I’m not taking any chances

[joethedrummer]

Why is it that only in the past several years - after they’ve given us these disaster movies, do they think asteroids are REALLY gonna smash the earth, causing catastrophic damage to all things??

I never heard these things throughout my 50 year life - until now. Now, it’s every 3 weeks...

[fruser1]

Should the moon veer off course and straight into earth the results could be cataclysmic.