On May 14th, the gigantic asteroid 1999 FN53 will blow past the Earth approximately 26.5 lunar distances away, or 6,360,000 miles. While a drastic change of trajectory could put the asteroid on a collision course with our planet, it is highly unlikely.
However, due to the colossal size of the rock, which is roughly an eighth of the size of Mount Everest, the event leads many to speculate what would happen if the asteroid did hit the Earth. What could possibly happen?
One professor of astronomy, Bill Napier, at the University of Buckinghamshire, states that an impact of this proportion would kill off about 20% of the Earth’s population. “It would undoubtedly lead to the deaths of around 1.5 billion people, we are looking at a mass extinction of humanity.”While many are panicking, there is an even larger asteroid that is expected to hurtle past even closer to Earth in June.
Check over on the Next Page to see what would happen if an asteroid of this size did actually strike us.
6.6 million miles people now think bout it this asteroid as a pebble being thrown by a galactic giant trying to hit a spec of dust in the air with the space of error the size of the universe…it’s not gonna happen… Lol
I’m not panicing. If it happens then it happens. Where are we gonna go and hide from it? Lol
Wow so we can stop paying taxes and sleep in cool.
Who cares! I’ll just sit back & watch everybody freak out! While having a $#%&!@*tail & cleaning my rifle!
Good
Can’t stop nature, why panic, I for one am ready to leave this crappy place!
Hope it hits China
TOO LATE…. Obama has already made more of a mess than this rock could ever do!!!
So it’s 26 times the distance of the moon? I think we’ll be okay.
Disinformation.