Near Earth Asteroid 433 Eros Earth Collision in 2012?
Have your heard about this Near Earth Asteroid 433 Eros? Some people think an Eros collision with earth in 2012 will cause the predicted “end of the world” in 2012, for example, in this excerpt from a blogpost:
Is this the Asteriod 433 Eros, the first discovered Near-Earth asteroid, smashing through our atmospere? Eros is one of the few NEAs with a maximum diameter greater than 10 km. It is believed to be larger than the impactor that created Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatán, which has been linked to the Apocalypse (extinction) of the dinosaurs.
On January 31, 2012, Eros is expected to pass Earth, Is this the 2012 Apocalypse??
The article goes on to say that:
Objects in an orbit like Eros can exist for only a few hundred million years before the orbit is perturbed by gravitational interactions. Simulations suggest that Eros may evolve into an Earth-crosser with Apocalyptic power.
What do you think? Does 433 Eros have the capability of becoming an “Apocalyptic Power?”
