Newly discovered asteroid could hit Earth in 2032

2013 TV135 is 400 or so meters in diameter, a mass of 8.9e+10 kg and an impact energy of 2,400 megatons (2.4 gigatons), and is currently sitting at an impact probability on August 26, 2032, of 1.6E-5 (one chance in 1,250), with a Torino scale of 1.

So… not terribly worrisome. But let that not stand in the way of panicking!

The neat thing here is that 2032 is just about the right timeframe for the US to pull its thumb out and get back into space. Perhaps we’ll have astronauts on the moon again by that point…