2000 Sg344 Space Debris

There is a small but significant chance that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2030 with a force up to 100 times the Hiroshima bomb, an international team of astronomers concluded Friday. The International Astronomical Union and space scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said there is a 1-in-500 chance that a newly discovered asteroid-like object called 2000 SG344 will hit Earth on Sept. 21, 2030. The object could be anything from a discarded rocket booster to a sizable asteroid.

There is a small but significant chance that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2030 with a force up to 100 times the Hiroshima bomb, an international team of astronomers concluded Friday. The International Astronomical Union and space scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said there is a 1-in-500 chance that a newly discovered asteroid-like object called 2000 SG344 will hit Earth on Sept. 21, 2030. The object could be anything from a discarded rocket booster to a sizable asteroid.