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2004 MN4 Probably Won't Kill Us

Posted by timothy on from the this-wrecks-a-bunch-of-pick-up-lines dept.

Xshare writes "It's now official. NASA's Near Earth Objects page lists 2004 MN4, the asteroid that's been covered on slashdot recently, as having a 1 in 56,000 chance of hitting earth, and even then only in 2037. It seems that earth was near the edge of the cone of probability of when it could go. As the cone kept closing, the probability of hitting earth grew, but it kept getting closer to the edge. It's now outside the cone, and we can be safe."

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  1. Re:bummer by AEton · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    When George Bush ran for a House seat in 1978, he said during the campaign that Social Security would die in ten years unless privatization happened.

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    We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
  2. Name of the asteroid? by SetupWeasel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I suggest a new name: NASA Budget Builder 2004.

    It is catchier than 2004 MN4 and tells you why we ever heard about it in the first place.