Asteroid (currently) estimated to have 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

I read about this somewhere else a few days ago and I believe the calculations are subject to change - hopefully to the better chance that it won’t hit us!

On an unrelated TV programme some time ago, Prof Brian Cox said that the earth will eventually be destroyed. If I remember correctly, there might have been a figure of ‘will be destroyed in x years’  from now. He looked pretty happy to be telling the viewers this, perhaps because it would be in an unimaginably long time from now, or perhaps he has pre booked the first hotel on the moon.

I think the moon will be destroyed at the same time as Earth.

Oh no! That means …. we all go TOGETHER

Oh yes! Now that has cheered me up!

ArchaeC said:

Oh no! That means …. we all go TOGETHER

That is actually a great opportunity - all the super rich will no doubt have their own escape rockets so if we find it isn't going to hit us then nobody should tell them and when they dissapear off we just program their rocket to, err, incercept the asteroid as it passes by.

Extreme sightseeing if you will.

That should help a lot with the wealth distribution on earth.

ArchaeC said:

Oh no! That means …. we all go TOGETHER

That is actually a great opportunity - all the super rich will no doubt have their own escape rockets so if we find it isn't going to hit us then nobody should tell them and when they dissapear off we just program their rocket to, err, incercept the asteroid as it passes by.

Extreme sightseeing if you will.

That should help a lot with the wealth distribution on earth.

Oh yes! Now that has cheered me up!