German Schoolboy Corrects NASA’s Math – We’re All Doomed

NASA has been squeeze to check its maths after a 13 - year - older German boy compose to separate them their calculations for the probability of an asteroid hitting earth were incorrect . office bosses had predicted a one - in-45,000 chance of an interstellar object bringing an end to lifespan as we know it ; that was until adolescent Nico Marquardt told them that the figure was close to one in 450 .

The asteroid in question is the Apophosis . If it prevail into one or more of the land ’s 40,000 satellites as its path brings it closest to our planet on April 13 , 2029 , the hit could be enough to alter its flight and send a 200 - billion - ton musket ball of iron and iridium our way in 2036 . The shock would be followed by tsunami that would destruct coastal and inland areas around the Atlantic Ocean . To top this disaster - movie situation off , a thick layer of dust would blanket the Earth .

So how did NASA get it improper ? Perhaps they did not take into report the opening of that trajectory - changing first collision — either that or they forgot to carry a digit somewhere , because 450 and 45,000 do look vaguely similar . I am suppose that immature Nico ’s project , “ Apophis — The Killer Astroid ” get ahead the regional skill competition that it was entered into . [ Yahoo ! News ]

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