Asteroid Threat Upgraded to 1 in 45
The probability that Asteroid 2004 MN4 will strike the Earth on April 13, 2029 has actually been upgraded to a 1-in-43 chance now that more observations have been made. The asteroid has reached an uprecedented 4 on the Torino scale. Of course, this still means that there's a 98% chance that it'll completely miss the Earth.
The space rock is 400 metres (1,300 feet) across, so a direct impact with our planet would cause a significant amount of damage on a regional level.
Detailed links and articles
- Deep Sky Photography
- Comet Hale-Bopp
- Comet Hyakutake
- Carribean Solar Eclipse
- Turkey - Solar Eclipse
- Leonid Meteor Shower
- Expedition to Mt. Wilson
- Solar Eclipse in Western Zambia
- How to find a Black Hole
- Mars Odyssey Instrument Fails
- Astronauts Hear a Crunching Sound
- Images of Wetlands from Space
- The Next Supernova?
- Magnitude Estimation Methods
- Comet Observations
- Airborne Large Aperture Telescope
- Abstract for ALAT & Related Concepts
- Multiple Function Lighter Than Air Platform
- Why an Airship?
- Airborne Large Aperture Telescope
- Airborne Large Telescope & LTA Platform
- Asteroid Threat Ruled Out
- Comets Currently Visible: C/1998 K5
- Comet Definitions
- Comets Currently Visible: C/1998 T1
- XMM-Newton Finds the Most Distant Quasar
- Comets Currently Visible: P/1998 QP54
- Comet News: C/1998 U3 (Jager)
- Opportunity Finds its Heat Shield
- Crew Begins Unloading Progress
- Comet News: P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller)
- Huygens is On Its Way
- Asteroid Threat Upgraded to 1 in 45
- Comet News: C/1998 T1 (LINEAR)
- Jovian Moon Was Probably Captured
- Illustration of the ALAT Platform
- Comet News: P/1998 QP54(LONEOS-Tucker)
- Actual Multiple Function ALAT Platform
- Endeavour on its Way to the Station
