I saw something about that this morning. Funny thing, NASA originally had it listed at 1:45,000 chance, but a 13 year old German kid checked their math and they screwed it up.
Vivec wrote: > All it has to do is hit any one of the 40,000 satellites orbiting the planet > and its trajectory would change so that on its next pass it will definitely > hit. > > Satellites orbit at 35,000 KM in the earths orbit. This Asteroid is going to > pass at 32,000 KM.It is due to pass in 2029, and then in 2036 after that. > > Hopefully in that time we would have developed technology to deflect these > interstellar cannon balls. > > http://www.physorg.com/news127499715.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
