Russia's Armageddon plan to save Earth from collision with asteroid
Computer generated simulation of an asteroid strike on the earth 150m years ago. Photograph: Don Davis/AFP/Getty Images
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Scientists call for help to divert global killer
Could this happen in 2036?NASA has calculated that the effect of the asteroid hitting the planet would be the equivalent of 65,000 nuclear explosions - at the same second.
Some scientists are already speculating that the asteroid should be classed as a potential "global killer" - a rock big enough to pose a possible extinction threat to mankind.
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Russia 'plans to stop asteroid'
The head of Russia's federal space agency has said it will work to divert an asteroid which will make several passes near the Earth from 2029.
Anatoly Perminov told the Voice of Russia radio service that the agency's science council would hold a closed meeting to discuss the issue.
Any eventual plan is likely to be an international collaboration, he said.
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Anatoly N. Perminov
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Collisions with Near Earth Objects
The asteroid Ida and its satellite Dactyl
Approximate frequency of impacts with different sizes of objects
Close approach of 99942 Apophis predicted in 2029
A representation of the Torino Impact Hazard Scale based on probability and energy of impact
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