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Asteroid probably won't hit the Earth

Pasadena, Usa - It is two-km wide

The latest possibility that an asteroid could slam into Earth has proven harder to dismiss than most. A mile-wide asteroid could strike the Earth on February 1, 2019, and while astronomers say the chances of such a global catastrophe are slim, they will be watching the space rock closely for the next year or so. Astronomers used a New Mexico telescope to discover the space rock on July 9, when it...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 31543
Rome, Italy, 07/30/2002 13:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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