Which asteroid will cross the earth in 2036?

Answer 1

Millions of meteors (Shooting stars) [See related question] enter Earths atmosphere everyday. So the odds of one entering Earths atmosphere in 2036 is 100%.

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Well in Ripleys believe it or not, they say a meteor will hit, but don't be to cautious about it because there's no reason to. It's just a load of junk, so don't believe it, please.

Answer 2

There is an asteroid heading toward the Earth. It is called "Apophis", which was the name of one of the minor lords of the underworld in Egyptian legend. (Apophis was also the name of the villain in the TV series "Star Gate: SG1", and the discoverers of the asteroid were supposedly big fans of the TV show.)

When it was first discovered, there was a fear that Apophis might collide with the Earth; a valid concern, since asteroid impacts have devastated the Earth before. An asteroid impact 65 million years ago, for example, is believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs - and the majority of other life on Earth. Additional observations demonstrated that while Apophis will approach the Earth quite closely - within about 20,000 miles! - on April 13, 2029, the asteroid will miss. (It is ENTIRELY co-incidental that April 13, 2029 is a Friday.)

There is still a minor concern that if Apophis passes though a precise football-stadium-sized "keyhole in space" that the Earth's gravity might deflect Apophis into a trajectory that would cause it to strike the Earth on Friday, April 13, 2036. Astronomers have calculated the odds of this at 40,000 to one against. It is HIGHLY unlikely that the Moon's position in its orbit would cause Apophis to strike the Moon instead, although it would certainly be a spectacular fireworks display!

But the fact is that our observations so far have not been precise enough to pin down the orbit of Apophis to totally eliminate the possibility. That's one reason that scientists are thinking about a space probe that would land a radio beacon on Apophis, to be able to track it more accurately.

Answer 3

Meteors do not hit the Earth. They burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. They are small bits of ice, dust, dirt or rock. Some meteors do manage to make it through the Earth's atmosphere and hit the Earth, in which case they are called meteorites. As to whether a meteorite will hit the Earth and destroy it in 2037, nobody can tell the future.

Answer 4

The Earth is hit by thousands of meteors every day, all year long. Most of them are the size of a grain of rice or smaller.

Will the Earth be hit by a large meteor capable of causing a lot of damage? Probably not, but there is a small asteroid named "Apophis" which will make a very close approach to the Earth on Friday, April 13, 2027. Scientists currently estimate that there is less than a 1% chance that it will actually strike the Earth.

(The discoverers of the asteroid were big fans of the TV program "StarGate: SG1", and took the name from one of the major villains of the program.)

Answer 5

Apophis will pass the earth in 2036 at a distance of 6000 km. It is said that it may hit the earth.

Answer 6

People all over sheffield and chesterfield say that it may crash in march we don't exactly what date be we're posative that it may happen in march.

Answer 7

Yes. Meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every day. The chances of a major impact are very small.

Answer 8

No. There was some concern that the asteroid Apophis might hit earth in 2036, but new measurements of the trajectory recently ruled that out.