Asteroid Science: How 'Armageddon' Got It Wrong

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 14:00 in Mathematics & Economics

In the 1998 movie 'Armageddon,' an asteroid the size of Texas threatens to collide with Earth in 18 days. Despite its entertainment value, the film is fantastically inaccurate, astronomer Phil Plait said.

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