Potentially hazardous asteroid might collide with the Earth in 2182
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 09:08
in Astronomy & Space
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.