Ten Times Higher Than Expected Risk of Asteroid Impact on Earth

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Risk of asteroid impacts may be more common than expected

Rather than expecting an impact every 150 years, researchers believe the risks could be ten times greater.

(UPI) — Researchers warn that the risk of space rocks, like the one that exploded over Russia this February, hitting the Earth is ten times larger than previously estimated.
Using videos from security and dashboard cameras, researchers were able to reconstruct the asteroid and its trajectory through the atmosphere.

The Chelyabinsk asteroid, which shattered window panes up to 75 miles away, is now said to be ten times larger than previously estimated. (CC/Nikita Plekhanov)

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