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Uploaded by on Dec 22, 2007

NASA animation of the possible path of asteroid 2007 WD5 as it approaches Mars in January 2008

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  • Any risk to the Earth ?

  • Not according to the NASA astronomers - it's only just been spotted flying past Earth and is already half-way to Mars. Their current assessment is a 1 in 75 risk of a strike on Mars on 30 January 2008.

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  • Didn't happen! :D

  • no it missed.

  • did it hit mars? Its february 1,08 and i didnt hear anything on the news about it!

  • Ya earths gravity isnt going to pull this thing in anymore than a high caliber bullet is affected by light wind.

  • jan the 30 it will git

  • The only way that could happen is if it was going slow enough...

  • if a meteor were to hit earth, isn't there a possibility it can get caught in our gravity? like the moon?

  • You're an idiot, I would just like you to know that.

  • I can see where you're coming from. It's theorised that we can do that same thing to asteroids and comets to alter their orbital paths. However, achieving that on such a scale (i.e. with a planet) seems a bit too farfetched. After all, larger rocks have hit the planets and Moons and I've never heard of such a result.

  • Yeah lol if it hit earth it would be pretty bad!

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