Space rock 'on collision course' ... ?

[muckshifter]

An asteroid discovered just weeks ago has become the most threatening object yet detected in space.
A preliminary orbit suggests that 2002 NT7 is on an impact course with Earth and could strike the planet on 1 February, 2019 - although the uncertainties are large.

Astronomers have given the object a rating on the so-called Palermo technical scale of threat of 0.06, making NT7 the first object to be given a positive value.

From its brightness, astronomers estimate it is about two kilometres wide, large enough to cause continent-wide devastation on Earth.

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No need to panic ... yet!

 

[Eric Portelance]

Yeah, but by then, we'll be able to destroy it with gigantic lasers positioned on the moon, instead of sending Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck up.