German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper
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BERLIN (AFP) - A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.

Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported.

NASA had previously estimated the chances at only 1 in 45,000 but told its sister organisation, the European Space Agency (ESA), that the young whizzkid had got it right.

The schoolboy took into consideration the risk of Apophis running into one or more of the 40,000 satellites orbiting Earth during its path close to the planet on April 13 2029.

Those satellites travel at 3.07 kilometres a second (1.9 miles), at up to 35,880 kilometres above earth -- and the Apophis asteroid will pass by earth at a distance of 32,500 kilometres.

If the asteroid strikes a satellite in 2029, that will change its trajectory making it hit earth on its next orbit in 2036.

Both NASA and Marquardt agree that if the asteroid does collide with earth, it will create a ball of iron and iridium 320 metres (1049 feet) wide and weighing 200 billion tonnes, which will crash into the Atlantic Ocean.

The shockwaves from that would create huge tsunami waves, destroying both coastlines and inland areas, whilst creating a thick cloud of dust that would darken the skies indefinitely.

The 13-year old made his discovery as part of a regional science competition for which he submitted a project entitled: "Apophis -- The Killer Astroid."

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nabasa ko nga ito sa yahoo,,tataka lang ko kung pano niya nagawa yung project na iyan,merun na ba siya high tech na gamit at medyo bata pa para sa mga ganung project..kung sabagay baka mayaman sila

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Sana may gumawa ng Siggy ko
With trunks and TDP logo.....

ang galing nung bata.. pero alarming pa din to a... this could destroy mankind...

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astig nung bata ah...hehe....pero alam ba nila na ang sun is the center of the solar system...moving around are the planets....

gagawa naman siguro sila ng way para hindi matuloy ung collision nung asteroid sa earth.....parang movie lang no...asteeeeg...

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there R about 6,779,600,524 people in this world.but sometimes.we just need one

Ang lufet nung bata....astig!!!...wala akong masabi kung hindi...ang galing mo kid!

In that case, we are a floating asteroid target..

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[25:51] Island> Waupios Town>Intiqnion

nabasa ko din ito kanina sa yahoo...
ang galing nung bata at kinorek nya ang NASA through his project...
sa ibang bansa kasi kapag sa mga science projects nila dibdiban at talagang todo-research at experiment ginagawa nila...
nakakatakot nga lang dahil pag nangyari ito masisira ang lahat...

asteg naman nung bata, sana ganyan din ako kagaling mag research...sya lang kaya mag-isa gumawa ng project na yun?. nakakamangha!

ang malungkot lang nito pag tumama yung asteroid sa earth dami mapipinsala..wag naman sana

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Ikariam.PH Ageetia[52:31] Asupre

buti na lang at sa year 2029 pa pala.. medyo matagal pa.. pero ang galing ng bata, ha..

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I always arrive late at the office,
but I make up for it by leaving early..

i remembered the movie Armageddon!....nice love story....nice soundtrack!

earth is playing dodgeball....
so far so good.

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..-. ..- -.-. -.- --- ..-. ..-. i'm just kidding!

Well, NASA doesn't have the corner on scientific fact.

napakagaling na bata nun.
biruin mo sa ganung edad naprove nya na mali yung NASA prediction.

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Don't STEAL. The GOVERNMENT hates competition. Good in english huh!? It doesn't mean your smart enough.
my other account: crad3r (i use this only if my account is bugged)

he's a genius indeed...pero katakot yung news

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NASA sets the record straight
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It read like a space-age tale of David and Goliath. An enterprising 13-year-old German boy recalculates the likelihood of an asteroid hitting Earth, alerts NASA, and the big American space agency acknowledges he's right. Only problem? It's not true.

Officials from both NASA and the European Space Agency have refuted the account, which sped across the Web at the speed of light. The young man's asteroid-strike numbers were not correct and the U.S. space agency has not, repeat has not, changed its mind about the 1-in-45,000 chance that the hurtling hunk of rock will collide with our planet. (The student thought it was a 1-in-450 chance. Yikes!)

Unfortunately, all this came out after articles on the teen's statistical success soared in Buzz, and even made it to the Yahoo! front page. Lookups for "apophis," the asteroid in question, surged into the top hourly searches.

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