Asteroid due to hit earth in 2038?

Question

I read online that there's an asteroid due to hit earth in 2038. It's suppost to destroy the whole world, is this true? is there really an asteroid comeing in 2038?

Answer 1

No. There will NOT be in impact in 2038.

There is an Asteroid named Apophis that will dance with the Earth a few times between 2029 and 2037. When first discovered, the course trajectory was not known enough to determine if it would hit the Earth in 2029. Oddly enough, for a few days, as the trajectory became better and better known, Earth still remained in the kill zone - which meant the chances of Apophis hitting the Earth grew. On December 24 2004, the chances of a direct impact with Earth was put at 1:37 - extremely scary. However, now we know that while Apophis will come VERY close in 2029, it will miss us. The chances of getting hit in 2029 are 0.

However, there is a gravitational "keyhole", very small, that if Apophis falls into will change its course just enough so that it WILL hit us in 2036. This keyhole is tiny, and the chances of Apophis hitting passing through and hitting us in 2036 is 1:45,000. Plus we should know with certainty if Apophis will fall into the keyhole within the next 10 years - plenty of time to do something about it (it will take very little to move the asteroid away from the keyhole).

There is also a chance that Apophis will hit in 2037, but this is minuscule: 1:2,700,000. This will occur if Apophis falls into yet a different gravitational keyhole in 2036.

So the good news is that there is almost 0 chance of being hit between 2029 - 2037. Bad news is that, eventually, someday, Apophis will get us. It's just a matter of time.

Answer 2

While there is no known asteroid with our name on it (though a little tiny one was noticed a couple days before it struck just last month - didn't even make the news), the fossil record suggests a mass extinction every 60 million years or so. 65 million years ago, a pretty big asteroid hit near Mexico, and it looks pretty good that this event killed the dinosaurs. By this logic, we're due for a disaster any time now. But it isn't known that each of these events was due to a big rock slamming into the Earth. Some might have been a nearby gamma ray burst, or nearby magnetar flash or something. And, currently, we are in the midst of a great mass extinction event. But it appears that we are the cause. Astronomers are used to looking for answers in a mirror, so this should be easy.

Answer 3

The trouble with these scare-mongering stories people keep posting here is that they never ever provide the name of the comet or asteroid! Then the facts could be checked.

If you are so worried about what you heard 4 years ago, why has it taken you 4 years to mention it? The trail has gone cold by now!

You probably mean the asteroid Apophis or Comet Swift-Tuttle.

The story about asteroid Apophis broke in Dec 2004.

99942 Apophis (previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a relatively large probability that it would strike the Earth in 2029.

However, additional observations taken over the next 3 days (t was Christmas but astronomers put in the effort, worldwide) provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact on Earth or the Moon in 2029.

However there remained a possibility that during the 2029 close encounter with Earth, Apophis would pass through a "gravitational keyhole", a precise region in space no more than about 400 meters across, that would set up a future impact on April 13, 2036. This possibility kept the asteroid at Level 1 on the Torino impact hazard scale through August 2006.

Additional observations of the trajectory of Apophis revealed the "keyhole" would likely be missed and on August 5, 2006, Apophis was lowered to a Level 0 Torino impact hazard scale. As of October 19, 2006 the impact probability for April 13, 2036 is estimated at 1 in 45,000. An additional impact date in 2037 has been identified, however the impact probability for that encounter is 1 in 12.3 million.

Answer 4

2037 Asteroid

Answer 5

No asteroid or comet is DUE to strike Earth. That doesn't mean that one won't come sneaking in! There is one asteroid that is being carefully monitored and will come very close to us. See this website for info about it ==>http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0303_Asteroid_Scores_2_on_Torino_Scale.html

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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we don't know. certainly not in 2012. that's a hoax. a cruel and cynical one. you should know better.

Answer 8

No, no, no. Someone is just trying to scare you. There is an asteriod that will be coming fairly close to Earth in that year. It is supposed to come as close as 100,000 miles, but is is still going to miss us. So, you still got time to party and wasted.

Answer 9

No, there isn't one going to hit that year.

Answer 10

It is not going to be that soon so don't worry yourself.