Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040 143
dryriver writes with a report from CNN that the asteroid known as 2011 AG5 will not hit Earth in 2040 as early calculations had led some to fear when it was first spotted last year. "To narrow down the asteroid's future course, NASA put out a call for more observation. Astronomers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa took up the task and managed to observe the asteroid over several days in October. 'An analysis of the new data conducted by NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shows that the risk of collision in 2040 has been eliminated,' NASA declared Friday."
Re:Do we want to know? (Score:5, Informative)
It has a diameter of about 140 meters. Its not a planet killer.
You watch too much TV. Nobody can keep a secret in this world. Not least of all, government officials.