Asteroid that buzzed past Earth may crash into it in 2079
The house-sized asteroid that flew by Earth at just one-eighth of Earth-Moon distance on Thursday is expected to make its next close approaches to Earth in 2019, 2050, and 2079. A European Space Analyst said the 2050 flyby might deflect the asteroid such that it could hit the Earth in the year 2079 with the odds of one in 750.