NASA Counts 4,700 Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Asteroids 99
coondoggie writes "NASA continues to get a better handle on the asteroids buzzing around in space saying today that there are roughly 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids, or as NASA calls them PHAs. NASA says these PHAs are a subset of a larger group of near-Earth asteroids but have the closest orbits to Earth's – passing within five million miles (or about eight million kilometers) and are big enough to survive passing through Earth's atmosphere and cause damage on a regional, or greater, scale."
All well and good (Score:5, Insightful)
So what are we going to do when one the size of texas comes heading for DC I mean aside from putting marshmallows on extremely long sticks :)
Re:All well and good (Score:5, Insightful)
You saw what happened to Japan when there was an earthquake in the ocean? Now, imagine the tsunami that would be cause by a meteorite strike.
Re:More of this please (Score:4, Insightful)
So yeah, let's just hope that the first one to hit won't cause too much damage, but enough to scare the shit out of people.