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Top 10 Questions

These are the most commonly asked questions by users of the Near Earth Objects Information Centre over the last month.

  • Is asteroid 1950DA going to hit the Earth? (7.5%)
  • Are we going to die? (6.5%)
  • Is an asteroid going to hit the Earth in 2019? (5.8%)
  • If no known large NEO is going to hit us, what is the worry? (4.8%)
  • Is an asteroid or comet on a collision course with the Earth? (4.7%)
  • What happened at Tunguska? (4.6%)
  • Could we prevent the collision of a NEO? (4.5%)
  • What is the Torino Impact Scale? (3.5%)
  • What objects are going to pass near the earth in the next year? (3.5%)
  • How many NEOs are there? (3.4%)
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