German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper

German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper

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BERLIN (AFP) - A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.

Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported.

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Of course the error is toward more likelyhood of earth impact.

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reply to post by BlackProjects


Is it just me..or are you also SURPRISED that they make an ERROR..on an orbit for an earth killing asteroid Apohis?
Do you honestly think the admission of error..is only that..or is a POINTER to the future.."we made a mistake" What other "MISTAKES" have they made?
Math whiz kids grab your pencils and start checking

I already posted this today please look under my profile.

Well, some 13 year old German kid just landed himself a job at NASA. Good for him.

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