Are there any asteroids currently on a collision course with earth?
1950 DA has a Torino Impact Rating of 2, which assesses the impact risk of a given object (combing chance of impact, and how bad the impact would be if it did happen). Right now, that’s the highest rating currently held by any Near Earth Asteroid. This rating amounts to low probability, high damage, as 1950DA is in excess of 1km, so if it did hit, it would be devastating to human civilization. Note that Torino impact ratings of 1 and 2 have a way of turning into zeros as gaps in the data are filled in. In this case, details about 1950DA’s polar orientation and direction of revolution are still not agreed upon (more definite data is needed), and these details affect its orbital specifics. One of the possibilities will give it 1 in 300 odds of striking the Earth. Oh, the first potential window for collision is March 16, 2880. The object with highest risk within the next 100 years is apparently 2007 VK184. It has a Torino Impact Scale rating of 1. It’s 130m in diameter, and has a calculat
