I need information on the asteroid headed for Earth in 2036.?

Question

i was watching history channel. they said a asteroid is comin in 2036. they dont have a plan yet for destroying it (or maybe they do, not sure) and they showed pictures of what the earth woud be like if the asteroid hit. I will only be in my early 30's when it hits!!!!!!! I want to have a fun, full life and i want my kids to have a fun full life, too!!!!! gimme info plz!

idk wat i did wrong...im 13

and thatnk you...now i can sleep tonight.

Answer 1

If you haven't already looked it up you might like to check out the Wikipedia entry at the link below.

Answer 2

99942 Apophis. That's the asteroid you're talking about. It will make two near misses of us - one in 2029 and one in 2036. The concern stemmed because it seemed it would have passed through a gravitational "keyhole" in 2029, setting up the 2036 collision.

But now it seems the chance of it hitting is very slim. If it does hit rest assured it will not be a global killer; it's just not big or fast enough. It can cause regional damage but not global. But like I said - it probably won't hit at all. It's going to be visible to the naked eye though, so make sure and arrange a family barbecue for that night. :)

Answer 3

its especially no longer likely that it's going to injury into earth. in spite of the shown fact that, endure in ideas that despite if this does hit earth it does no longer inevitably be a doomsday situation. threat is that if it did hit, it may hit the sea, and reason some severe tital waves, which might do particularly some injury. For some reason human beings seem to think of if a huge meteor hits the earth it is going to hit long island or Tokyo and could injury the finished international, which would be triumph over by potential of monsters and aliens. it is what happens in video clips, yet isn't genuine. an identical meteor hit Australia approximately 3 hundred,000 years in the past (human beings have been right here approximately 5 million years) and mankind survived, even in Australia. A comet hit Siberia in 1908 and not a single individual died. even though it may be adverse counting on the place it hit, it does no longer be the top of the international if a 300m asteroid hit the earth.

Answer 4

Early 30s? Did you do the math right or are you under 5 years of age? At any rate, the show said that there is only one chance in a few thousand that it will hit the earth. There are countless other ways you could go, by then, that have better odds. Does that make you feel better? Best regards.

Answer 5

Given odds are 1 in 40,000, it is not a threat.

Destroying or moving an asteroid off course is an idea popularised by Hollywood, but is in fact completely beyond our capabilities. All of the dramatised methods for intercepting Earth-bound asteroids are feasible, nor would they actually work.

Answer 6

It's name is Apophis. It was scary when it was first discovered. But not to worry. Scientist estimate it only has a 1 to 45000 chance of hitting Earth. If it does... live life to the greatest. Plus we have many more problem to worry about. Worry about the climate change and the over population.

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/

Answer 7

there seems to be 2 close encounters that year one from apophis and one from kw4. neither is likely to hit.

and if they find that one might hit, then it will be dealt with. complete destruction of the asteroid is a slight overkill. all we would need to do is nudge it out of the earth's way. a number of conventional ballistic missiles could do it.

Answer 8

No worries. I was just looking at NASA's website last night and ran across some information about it. It's supposed to miss. Read up at
www.nasa.gov