Dont forget to duck as that huge rock passes the earth tonight
Denis.

Sounds like it will be pretty close.
Mate of mine (works on space based solar power) reckons they are the biggest threat to man-kind - forget war, pestilence, famine, terrorism etc. etc.
There's absolutely b*gger all we can do about them except hope that the moon's gravity picks them off first.
Cheers, Pewe

Whaddya mean there's 'nothing we can do about them'!?

I'll bet that Bruce Willis and that guy who's name I can't remember are up in space right now preparing to drill a hole in the asteroid so that it breaks up and drifts harmlessly away.

I saw them practicing it in a documentary a few years back!

Not nearly as close as Apophis next due 13 April 2029 which will skim past at an estimated 18,300mi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

Well it missed us ,Phew!!

Told you... it was all down to Bruce Willis and whatshisnames drilling efforts!

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Told you... it was all down to Bruce Willis and whatshisnames drilling efforts!

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Yes, him... Steve Ryder.