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NASA will be unable to stop an enormous asteroid which could crash into Earth in 2135, scientists have warned.
Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of striking Earth on September 25, 2135.
It is estimated that Bennu, which is the size of the Empire State Building, would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact, 80,000 times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb.
The rock is 500 metres in diameter – as wide as five football fields – and weighs about 79 billion kilograms, making it 1,664 times as heavy as the Titanic.
"The probability of a Bennu impact may be 1 in 2,700 today, but that will almost certainly change – for better or worse – as we gather more data about its orbit."
At least if you bet it wont hit and it does you probably wont have to worry about paying up.
NASA will be unable to stop an enormous asteroid which could crash into Earth in 2135, scientists have warned.
Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of striking Earth on September 25, 2135.
It is estimated that Bennu, which is the size of the Empire State Building, would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact, 80,000 times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb.
The rock is 500 metres in diameter – as wide as five football fields – and weighs about 79 billion kilograms, making it 1,664 times as heavy as the Titanic.
"The probability of a Bennu impact may be 1 in 2,700 today, but that will almost certainly change – for better or worse – as we gather more data about its orbit."
At least if you bet it wont hit and it does you probably wont have to worry about paying up.
