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  • Asteroid may hit Planet Earth on March 21, 2014.

    09/02/2003 6:39:19 AM PDT · by bedolido · 185 replies · 10,897+ views
    SkyNews ^ | 09/02/03 | Staff Writer
    Scientists monitoring an asteroid have warned it could collide with Earth in just over a decade. The newly discovered asteroid, known as 2003 QQ47, is around two-thirds of a mile wide and has been classified as "an event meriting careful monitoring" by astronomers. It is around one tenth fo the size of the meteor that is thought to have wiped out dinosaurs on Earth 65 million years ago. In the event of it hitting the Earth, the rock would have the force of 350,000 mega tonnes - around eight million times more powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshima at...
  • Asteroid warning for 2014 [Odds of collision - 1 in 909,000]

    09/01/2003 10:25:46 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 33 replies · 282+ views
    BBC News ^ | September 2, 2003
    The British agency responsible for identifying potentially hazardous asteroids says US astronomers are warning of a possible collision in 2014. The UK Government's Near Earth Object Centre says American astronomers have discovered a large, fast-approaching asteroid that could hit the earth on 21 March, 2014. But they add the chances of it doing so are just 1 in 909,000. What is more, any risk of an impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered, they say. Credible threat The BBC's science correspondent Christine McGourty says that, although the chances this asteroid will hit the Earth are slim, it...