Originally posted by: JeepinEd
I no longer care if a meteor wipes out all life on earth.
After recalculating the trajectory of the asteroid Apophis, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge have determined that the odds of it hitting the Earth that year are four in a million.
"We've all but ruled out" a collision in 2036, said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near-Earth Object office at JPL.
Previously, the odds had been calculated at one in 45,000, Chesley said.
Though that doesn't sound like a big danger, Apophis has been the greatest worry since 2004 for scientists who track threats from space. At that time, it appeared the asteroid had a 2.7% chance of hitting the Earth in 2029.
Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: JeepinEd
I no longer care if a meteor wipes out all life on earth.
http://www.latimes.com/news/na...9oct08,0,3012588.story
After recalculating the trajectory of the asteroid Apophis, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge have determined that the odds of it hitting the Earth that year are four in a million.
"We've all but ruled out" a collision in 2036, said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near-Earth Object office at JPL.
Previously, the odds had been calculated at one in 45,000, Chesley said.
Though that doesn't sound like a big danger, Apophis has been the greatest worry since 2004 for scientists who track threats from space. At that time, it appeared the asteroid had a 2.7% chance of hitting the Earth in 2029.
Originally posted by: mofoe2001
oh great. after viewing the vid, my face now has aids.