2/15/2013 an asteroid will miss the Earth by mere fractions…
Isn’t that like pretty much hitting us?
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/us/2013/01/03/tsr-myers-asteroid-near-earth-miss.cnn
Why is this not more important news? 12K miles is nothing for distance relative to the universe it is like touching.