Monday 21 October 2013

Probably not the end of the World.


Meteorites are beautiful and fascinating things that can tell us a lot about the early Earth and its formation.  However there is a downside to them - ask the dinosaurs! Oh wait.. you can't....

Anyway for all the doom-mongers out there; an asteroid (2013 TV-135) has been recently discovered and, after doing a bit of maths, it has been calculated that it will make a near Earth pass in 2032.  However, despite some uncertainty about its orbital path, there is only a 1 in 63,000 chance that it will hit us.  To put this another way there is a likelihood of 99.998% that it won't hit us in 2032. 

So we can rest safe in our beds. 

Probably.

Thanks to Rosie for spotting this story.

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