13 year old German school boy corrects NASA and finds the chance that the asteroid Apophis would hit the Earth is 100times more than NASA thought before
Staff Reporter
Apr. 16, 2008

NASA had estimated the chance that the asteroid Apophis would hit the Earth at 1 in 45,000. But a 13 year old German boy found mistakes in NASA’s calculations. Nico Marquardt correctly estimated that the chance really is at 1 in 450. NASA told its sister organization, the European Space Agency (ESA), that the student's calculations were, in fact, correct. Marquardt made his discovery as part of a regional science competition.

The fact the asteroid has 1 in 450 chance of hitting the earth is alarming. What is more alarming is the unknown mistakes by international space agencies that can make us confidently sleep at night while an asteroid is its way to destroy us.

13 year old German school boy corrects NASA and finds the chance that the asteroid Apophis would hit the Earth is 100times more than NASA thought before
Staff Reporter
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