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'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

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Newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW has a one in 1,584 chance of hitting Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, according to the ESA. The asteroid, estimated to be around the size of a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, was first spotted by a small Chilean observatory on February 26. NASA on Tuesday lowered its own odds of impact to one in 770, meaning there was a 99.87 percent chance that the asteroid will miss Earth.

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Odds drop newly found asteroid will hit Earth

The chances have plummeted that a newly discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency has said.

1 year ago·Ireland

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Malay Mail

‘No need to worry’: Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

PARIS, March 15 — The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine’s Day 2046, the European Space Agency said yesterday. The asteroid, which is named 2023 DW and is estimated to be around the size of a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, was first spotted by a small Chilean observatory on February 26. It swiftly shot to the top of Nasa and ESA lists of asteroids that pose a…

1 year ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Bangkok Post

'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

PARIS - The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

1 year ago·กทม, Thailand

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GMA Filipino News

‘No need to worry’: Odds drop that newly found asteroid will hit Earth

The chances have plummeted that a newly discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

1 year ago·Q C, Philippines

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Phys.org

'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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France24

'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

1 year ago·France

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