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  Collision Course  

God Will Save Us

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It happens once or twice every million years. A comet or asteroid tears through Earth's atmosphere and smashes into the ground or ocean with enough force to destroy civilization.  

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The good news:

Scientists will probably spot the object before it hits us now.

The bad news:

Even if we get six months warning, there's nowhere to hide.

Smaller objects hit the Earth all the time. Most of them land in oceans or uninhabitated areas, unnoticed. But some make headlines.

A small meteorite hit this car in 1994.

Jupiter after the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collision

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So what will we do if the unthinkable happens? Is Earth defenseless against a large comet or asteroid?

Scientists and military planners say with enough warning we could intercept a cosmic cannonball. Among the defensive manuvers under study ... and debate:

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"At present no asteroid or comet is known to be on a collision course with the Earth. The chances of a collision within the next century with an object 1 km or more in diameter are very small (roughly 1 in ten thousand), but such a collision is possible and could happen at any time."

Destination: Earth     Destination: Space

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Related sites:

• Cosmic Collisions - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Home Page
• The Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Mesozoic Era
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Page
• Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts - The Nine Planets Site
• Comet Trajectories
• Comet Impact Site
• Asteroids: Deadly Impact @ nationalgeographic.com
• JPL Solar System Dynamics
• Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards
• SETI institute
• Brown University Planetary Geology

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