Revealed: The top 10 countries likely to be worst hit by an asteroid impact - and the 47,000 space rocks that could do it

10 countries likely to be worst affected identified
Data from Nasa WISE sky-scan
47,000 potentially hazardous asteroids
Would cause catastrophic damage on a city-sized scale or larger

PUBLISHED: 12:34 GMT, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:41 GMT, 17 May 2012
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Nasa's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has sampled 107 'potentially hazardous' asteroids near Earth - 330ft wide or larger - to make estimates about how many are out there - and the figure is a terrifying 47,000.

Nasa's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has sampled 107 'potentially hazardous' (PHA) asteroids - 330ft wide or larger - to make estimates about how many are out there

Nasa's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has sampled 107 'potentially hazardous asteroids' - PHAs - as shown in this diagram illustrating their orbits crossing Earth

Nasa's NEOWISE project has identified 47,000 potentially hazardous asteroids .......

Топ-10 стран, наиболее вероятно, будут затронуты, не обязательно в таком порядке:

Китай
Индонезия
Индия
Япония
США
Филиппины
Италия
Великобритания
Бразилия
Нигерия

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2145699/New-Nasa-sky-scan-reveals-47-000-hazardous-near-Earth-asteroids-330ft-wide--BIGGER.html

Топ-10 стран, которые наиболее вероятно могут пострадать от астероидов

Revealed: The top 10 countries likely to be worst hit by an asteroid impact - and the 47,000 space rocks that could do it