will an asteroid hit  the Earth in 2008 and if yep what wich country will destroy.Why?
538008
all of them, we'll all be screwed because it's going to throw off the whole balance of the planet and we're all going to die
11646
The asteroid you are referring to is actually called "Apophis" which is the greek name for an Egyptian god, also known as the "Destroyer". Apophis is also called 2004 MN4. It is projected to come very close to the earth on April 13, 2029. So far, astronomers have calculated that it will miss the earth by a safe margin, however the gravitational pull of the earth could alter the orbit, putting the asteroid on a much more dangerous course in coming years. Currently, there are talks about launching a device to better monitor it's travels.
517283
That is the BIG question!  When will it happen?  No one knows and there are only guesses.  Some believe it will not happen as a one big one because the Bible foretells us that it one hundred pound rocks will fall from the sky.  Scientist say we are past due for a big one to hit because the earth was hit so many millions of years ago. \n\nI do not think sitting around and worrying about it will be a productive and worthy of our attention.  When it happens it will happen.  The chance of it happening in our life-time (compared to the millions of years since the last one) is so small that it is not worth computing.  \n\nWe have plenty of people being dooms-day prophets, we need to be more optimistic and looking for how we can improve each others lives for the here and now.
602779
Not yet, but we are taking the first step, which is to identify and track as many near Earth asteroids as possible. After all, you cannot deflect an asteroid unless you know it is there.
12821
The greatest threat to Earth is from a collision with another large object...an NEO from within our solar system or an “alien” one from outside.  When galaxies and stars collide, they merge over time and energy and matter are mostly conserved.  When terrestrial objects collide, there is destruction and the release of energy.  For an organic biosphere such as Earth's, a collision with an object about 10 miles wide would vaporize our atmosphere and oceans, and leave the Earth in a state similar to the moon.  Even a 150 meter wide object (currently undetectable) could destroy a major city.  It is only a matter of time until a collision with an Armageddon-size-object and the Earth occurs.  Hopefully humanity will be PREPARED to defend itself when the time comes.
57004
The Earth would lose sea tides and other water tides.  This would mean the sea receding in some parts of the world and flooding in other parts.  I also think that the Earth will "wobble" on its axis and its path of revolution around the sun would change.  That would mean change in the duration of the day and the year, I guess that would mean toal destruction.
1068267
Relax!! On the NASA/JPL website where all such objects are tracked and listed, the asteroid you mention has such a vanishingly small chance of striking Earth that it's not even given a risk factor. The object (2004 XP14) has been tracked for two years and its orbit precisely plotted and absolutely no danger at this late date exists for it to strike Earth. To do so, its current orbit around the sun would have to be drastically altered and there's nothing that can do such a thing.
1105952
Hi,     Asteroid 2004XP14 will be moving past very close to Earth on Mon. July 03,2006 at 04:25 Universal Time.  You can calculate out your time from that.  This  asteroid will be passing just 432,308km from Earth.  This asteroid is between 410m and 920m in diameter.  In order to see this asteroid you will need a moderate sized telescope along with some experience.  I hope you able to see it!!!!!    Dave.  remember>>>>04:25UT
810232
It is estimated that Earth is bombarded by a city-sized asteroid once every 65mil yrs.\ni) Assuming a Poisson distribution, find the probability that Earth will be hit by 2 or less of such asteroids in the next 10000yrs.\nEta Carinae is a suspected hypernova that is 7000 light-years away from Earth. Scientists have observed 200 of such star in many distant galaxies. It was found that the stars have an average life-span of 200mil years with variance 2500mil yrs^2.\nii) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean lifespan of Eta Carinae, giving your answer correct to 8 significant figures.\nIt was found later that Eta Carinae was formed 200.01mil yrs ago. \niii) Using the sample of 200 stars earlier, a scientist boldly claimed that Eta Carinae will explode today, causing devastation to Earth in 7000years’ time. By stating clearly the null and alternate hypothesis, test the scientist's claim at 5% level of significance.\nYou may assume the normality of the population of stars observed.
1185813
yes\nA huge asteroid will have a close encounter with Earth this weekend, but astronomers say there is no danger of an impact. The asteroid, known as 2004 XP14, will whiz by about 269,000 miles from the Earth, slightly farther away than the moon.
712157
It will happen, but exactly when isn't known. Take a look at this website for current risks for those objects that do come relatively close to Earth ==>http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
1155981
it wont be here.....2036 theres an asteroid set to collide with earth the size of Texas...heard it on APNews
266868
Yes, it is virtually certain that asteroids have hit earth. First of all, earlier in the history of the solar system there were probably many more asteroids than there are now, so the odds of a collision were greater. More recently a large asteroid impact is credited with having led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Other planets and their moons show many craters, which provide evidence for asteroid impacts. On earth these are destroyed by weathering. The June 1997 issue of Sky and Telescope has an article on this subject in which they estimate that a very large asteroid impact occurs once every 100 million - 1 billion years (the earth is 4 billion years old), and a large asteroid impacts once every 1 - 100 million years.
834984
Continents will grow and hell will freeze over!~ polar caps will dominate the poles causing the earth to wobble throwing precession off wack pure kaos!!!! terrorism will end though!
375127
As a scientific mind and an individual who is curious, I would like to know. Then I could find a location to watch the impact with my family so I would know such a rare occurance and then die happily. Of course, an asteroid cannot destroy a planet unless it is planet-sized, and there are none left; an asteroid can only cause massive extinction events like the K-T impactor (aka "The Dinosaur Killer"), and probably cripple the human race. Watch "Deep Impact"; it's the most accurate movie made about such a thing thus far.
335043
Yes. Here's the proof: There has been talk that the asteroid 1997XF11 will crash into the Earth in the year 2028. The bottom line is that this asteroid poses no threat to the planet Earth in the next century. But, it will pass by the Earth over and over again in the next centuries, so it is worth knowing what our countermeasures are if it ever gets too close!\n\nRight now, they have the technology to divert a comet or asteroid coming towards the Earth. Our rockets and explosives would be sufficient to break apart even a large object of about 1 kilometer in diameter. We would of course need some lead time (10 years would be a nice minimum notice). Blowing up an asteroid or a comet too near to the Earth, would just create a chaotic mess of smaller pieces flying towards the Earth. If we were to discover an object coming towards the Earth with only 1-2 years notice before impact, our technologies might not be adequate. The best we could hope to do would be to evacuate the impact site. So the best plan right now is to continue surveying for Near Earth Objects, so that we will know where these asteroids and comets are in time to prepare any countermeasures that might be necessary.
950664
I don't know the name, I think it just has a number.\n\nIt is about 1,000,000 km away and is a captured asteroid about 1km across.  It is irregular in shape.  It is in an unstable orbit and will eventually leave the Earth's orbit and enter solar orbit.