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15 Feb ’12
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Uh, that seems really close
An asteroid, named ‘TX68’, is expected to make its closest approach to Earth on March 5 will pass peacefully without disturbing our world at a distance of between 9,000-17,000 km, says NASA.
According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the asteroid named 2013 ‘TX68’ will keep passing on a regular basis but there is very rarely any cause for alarm.
The only noticeable thing is that the asteroid will get far closer to Earth than the Moon ever does.
Roughly 100 feet in diameter, the near-Earth asteroid will pass the Earth us again in September 2017 and will be making flybys in 2046 and 2097 and in all cases, the odds of an impact are even lower.
15 Feb ’12
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looks like 2017 might be interesting
NASA has dramatically changed its mind about the risks posed by asteroid 2013 TX68 , a 100ft-wide rock which is currently heading towards Earth.
It said there was "a chance" it could plough into our planet next year when it makes another flyby.
However, we are glad to report that NASA thinks the odds of a collision on September 28, 2017, are "no more than 1-in-250-million".
It it did hit the planet, the asteroid would probably explode in the atmosphere, unleashing as much energy as a powerful nuclear bomb and wiping out anything unlucky enough to be beneath it.
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