ASTEROID Won't Hit Earth in 2029, Scientists Now Say
 

The world can exhale a collective sigh of relief. A newfound asteroid tagged with the highest warning level ever issued will not strike Earth, scientists said Monday.

The giant space rock, named 2004 MN4, was said on Dec. 23 to have an outside shot at hitting the planet on April 13, 2029. The odds climbed as high as 1-in-37, or 2.7 percent, on Monday, Dec. 27.

All along, scientists said additional observations would likely reduce the chance of impact to zero for the April 13 scenario, but they did not expect any significant new data to allow such a downgrading for days or weeks.

Instead, old observations provided the data necessary to rule out an impact.


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I forgot the link

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/as..._B_041227.html

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I hope it hits the earth, it will be amazing!

1:37 is still pretty scary odds :warning

nah, read the article, they just ruled out an impact

great asteroids won't hit the earth but a tsunami.

an asteroid is a much bigger thread than any possible earthquake or tsunami :2 cents

not really suprising, the intial news report said it would be likely that they would find it a 0% chance of collision within weeks

They will shoot that bitch down before it gets near us.

Will it wipe us out like it did to the dinos?