An asteroid that could hit Earth with the power of 2,500 nuclear bombs flew close to the planet on September 16.
Last night, Ukrainian astronomers said there is a chance it could come even closer and strike our planet on August 26, 2032.
Nasa has attempted to calm nerves by issuing a 'a reality check', which highlights that the probability of an Earth impact is only one in 63,000.
That means astronomers are 99.9984 per cent certain that it will miss Earth's orbit. Crimean Astrophysical Observatory found the massive asteroid, called 2013 TV135, last weekend and the international scientific community has already rated it as one of the two most dangerous asteroids ever recorded.
The asteroid is initially estimated to be about 1,300 feet (400 meters) in size and its orbit carries it as far out as about three quarters of the distance to Jupiter's orbit and as close to the sun as Earth's orbit.
Massive: The asteroid would strike with 2,500megatons of explosive force, enough to create damage within a 100,000 square-mile radius. (Blast location for illustrative purposes only)
As of October 14, asteroid 2013 TV135 is one of 10,332 near-Earth objects that have been discovered. Scientists have given it a danger rating of 1 out of 10 on the Torino Scale. Only one other asteroid has been given a rating of 1.
The risk for all others has been judged 0, negligible. The effects of an impact would be catastrophic, especially if it struck a populated area. If 2013 TV135 were to collide with Earth, it is estimated to impact with 2,500 megatons of explosive power.
The standard U.S. Minute Man II missiles carries a nuclear warhead with an explosive power of a little over 1 megaton. But Nasa said that with only a week of observations for an orbital period that spans almost four years, its future orbital path is 'still quite uncertain.'
The space agency expects the object to be easily observable in the coming months, and will be using the Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts to improve calculations.
The asteroid was discovered by astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and later confirmed by scientists as observatories in Spain, Italy and Siberia, Russia
It said the most likely result will be a dramatic reduction, or complete elimination, of any risk of Earth impact.
"To put it another way, that puts the current probability of no impact in 2032 at about 99.998 per cent," said Don Yeomans, manager of Nasa’s Near-Earth Object Programme Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"This is a relatively new discovery. With more observations, I fully expect we will be able to significantly reduce, or rule out entirely, any impact probability for the foreseeable future."
The asteroid is much smaller than the interplanetary object that hit Earth and killed off the dinosaurs 65million years ago. Currently, 2007 VK184 is believed to have the best chance of striking Earth.
The 420-foot-wide object is said to have a 1 in 2700 chance of making contact with the planet in 2048. It is the only other asteroid to have a 1 rating on the Torino Scale.
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/science-technology/437733/The-end-of-the-world-IS-nigh-Huge-asteroid-will-hit-earth-in-2032-claim-astronomers

I love the odds!!!

This is serious. What do u love? Isit that te earth is in danger ot it was known?

hmm

Comet Ison will be visible in broad daylight and will be 15 times brighter than the moon.

In it's trail the comet will be followed by large chunks of debris.

NASA has been aware of this comet since 1981 but have been silent about it. The only reason you are hearing of it now is because some amateur astronomers stumbled upon it by chance and made their discovery public.


You think global climate change is as a result of hydrocarbons? Think again. Of the original signatories of scientists that adopted the view of man-made causes relating to climate change at the IPCC summit, over 70% have withdrawn their endorsement of the later conclusion.

Virtually all the energy on earth comes from the Sun. The energy at the earth's core is trapped heat radiation from the sun. Trees and plants convert sunlight to matter which we later burn as wood or coal. Hydrocarbon deposits are from eons of accumulated decayed plants and trees. Hydrocarbon deposits are thus, capacitors of solar energy. Carbon emissions are highly soluble gasses which are readily sequestrated from the atmosphere. To understand climate change we must first look to our main energy source, the Sun.

Our Sun has been experiencing unusual activity in the past few years which NASA has been trying desperately to debunk. Our sun is spewing more radiation than ever.

Volcanoes, earthquakes have spiked in the last years in both frequencies and intensities and this is as a result of the earth's core absorbing more incoming solar radiation and thus heating and expanding which in turn affects fault lines and deep geological activities over the sea bed and volcanic vents.

Why is our Sun heating up?
The answer will be as a result of increased gravitational forces within the vicinity of our solar system that can only be linked with an increased total solar system mass. That increased mass is Comet Ison.

Comet ISON is destined towards the sun and it gets closer it is expected to accelerate further to a speed of 540,000 Miles per hour! With speeds like that, impacts with trail debris will definitely be spectacular and also catastrophic if larger chunks hit the earth surface. It will be seen as a meteo shower. But how this impact will affect the sun is not clear yet.

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise." -REVELATION 8:12

Comets are usually composed of dust and ice particles but scientists are yet to pre-determine what makes up ISON. Bacteria, Viruses or deadly toxic radioactive materials may be riding along.

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Is it WORMWOOD? - REVELATION ...

Pipsland78: Only God knows when the world will end! Read your Bible pls.

PLEASE WHERE IS IT WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE WHEN THE WORLD WILL END BRO? COS I SERIOUSLY WANT TO KNOW, SO THAT I WILL REPENT ON THAT DAY. I guess its you dat needs to study the bible wella.

Nations shall arise against nations, kingdoms against kingdoms! Then shall the end come!

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8millions neutron star are moving toward the earth. Be prepare you all going to be history.

There Are So Many Things Happening Above Our Heads That We Cannot See

99.998%...still as good as 100%. Good research.

At last, humanity will soon come to an end, Can't wait

so no cause for alarm since there is only 0.1% tendency.......

AYODEJI4LOVE: so no cause for alarm since there is only 0.1% tendency.......

It's not the comet hitting the earth that is the problem but what it will cause when passing within our neighborhood.