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.
Over 6 million miles away? Give me a frickin break.
Don’t worry Gods in charge. Think I’ll take a nap.
Really
Well $#%&!@*…and all my credit cards are paid….could go write a,check for a,new,car ..but it woukd go thru the next day no no,we have,48 hrs….hummm will work on that
Can’t it just happen today already?
Washington dc…..damn miss
Who $#%&!@*ing cares!!!
I suppose hoping a big rock will wipe out our political cl$#%&!@* is too much to hope for.
North Korea would be a good landing spot
It would do us some good if it hit