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Will an Asteriod hit or, a very close near miss the Earth in 2019 AD.?
 
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Here are the odds:Astronomers said the odds were one in 250,000 and that further calculation would probably show it will miss the planet entirely.

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It's not nearly as large as the one that caused the great extinction 65 million years ago.
 
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It's not nearly as large as the one that caused the great extinction 65 million years ago.


About how large was that asteroid?
 
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About as big as Mt. Everest
 
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