[meteorite-list] Earth nearly hit by large asteroid??

Dear list I am a bit surprised by all this fuss in the media every few months about how lucky we are escaping once again the big hit. As a scientist I can say that the probability that an asteroid cruising nearer to earth than the Moon actually hit the earth is 1/1*; the public will laugh

Re: [meteorite-list] Earth nearly hit by large asteroid??

As we used to say in the service, Close only counts with shotguns and hand grenades, and sometime horseshoes! At 08:13 PM 6/21/2002 +0200, you wrote: Dear list I am a bit surprised by all this fuss in the media every few months about how lucky we are escaping once again the big hit. As a