At 1926 UTC, Asteroid 2012 DA14 will miss earth by 17,200 miles. 14 minutes of travel in our solar orbit.
What are the odds of a collision between an asteroid and our planet?
The chance of an impact by a similar size asteroid, about 150 feet in diameter, somewhere on Earth this century is about 30%.
The chance of a large asteroid impacting the earth with about the same energy as all the explosives used in WWII is 1%. About the same risk as dying in a car accident.
The likelihood of a 3,000-foot-wide asteroid impacting earth, which would likely end human civilization altogether is calculated to be about 0.001%. Similar to the risk that you will die in an earthquake.
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