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An asteroid discovered just weeks ago has become the most threatening object yet detected in space.
A preliminary orbit suggests that 2002 NT7 is on an impact course with Earth and could strike the planet on 1 February, 2019 - although the uncertainties are large.
Astronomers have given the object a rating on the so-called Palermo technical scale of threat of 0.06, making NT7 the first object to be given a positive value.
From its brightness, astronomers estimate it is about two kilometres wide, large enough to cause continent-wide devastation on Earth.
Many observations
Although astronomers say the object definitely merits attention, they expect more observations to show it is not on an Earth-intersecting trajectory.
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Weapons of mass destruction don't sound that bad now, huh? Are we gonna throw rockets and stuff to destoy it?
Let's hope for good news in the future, I don't want to die so young
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More info here:
BBC NEWS
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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