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To: SunkenCiv

At the top of the table on http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html, the most recent numbers are 2.2e-2, or about 1 in 43.


127 posted on 12/26/2004 7:23:48 PM PST by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
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To: eno_; tortoise

as I noted, the NASA figure given for 2.2e-02 is 1:45...

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ip?2.2e-02

Impact Probability: 2.2e-02

2.200000000% chance of Earth impact

or

1 in 45 chance

...and as tortoise noted, now there are some more observations, and the odds of impact have improved a little.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ip?2.7e-02

Impact Probability: 2.7e-02

2.700000000% chance of Earth impact

or

1 in 37 chance

or

97.30000000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth


130 posted on 12/27/2004 11:44:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (There's nothing new under the Sun. That accounts for the many quotes used as taglines.)
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