Just when you thought you were safe.....

[Guest telescope4u]

I thought I'd post a sobering thought for the new year.

What are the chances of an asteroid destroying the Earth? Well, not that great actually, 2mil to 1.

What are the chances of a comet destroying the Earth? Well, this is more difficult to predict, as comets don't tend to have a preset orbit, which asteroid's (undisturbed) do. The Odds are around 3Mil to 1, but could be as little as 100,000 to 1. We just don't know. The good news is, if a comet big enough to destroy the earth does hit, then we won't know much about it.

The strange thing is that the odds of being killed by an asteroid is only 25000 to 1, considering you have around a 10mil chance of winning the lottery (if you do it) they are quite good odds (or bad odds if you see my drift).

Anyway here is a diagram of asteroid's (no comets), that could threaten life on earth.

The red and yellow dot's are the threat

[FLO]

Thanks for the heads-up .... I think :?

Steve 8)

[Martin 2]

I'm going to invest in a tin helmet

Martin

[Sonia]

I watched a programme and something about 2020 going to come very close to one!

[col]

thats cheered me up for the new year, :shock:,

[Jamie]

I think that there is one on its way about 2029

but the experts are not sure how much it will miss us by

or even if it will miss us.

Roll on 2030 eh?

[tom.yates]

I think i will just stay DRUNK.

[The Warthog]

It looks like we're standing in a swarm of bees. I think I'll get a larger umbrella...