July 28, 2010

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Might Collide With the Earth in 2182

ScienceDaily for July 27, 2010 reported on a possible collision of earth and an asteroid.

The potentially hazardous asteroid '(101955) 1999 RQ36' has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth, and more than half of this probability indicates that this could happen in the year 2182, based on a global study in which Spanish researchers have been involved. Knowing this fact may help design in advance mechanisms aimed at deviating the asteroid's path.