Asteroid 2004 MN4 (Asteroid Apophis) was expected to pass very close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, with collision odds initially calculated as 1 chance in 37. NASA’s further calculations now suggest that odds of a 2029 Earth impact are about how much?
a. ?one in 1,000
b. ?one in 10,000
c. ?one in 50,000
d. ?one in 100,000
e. ?one in one million
ANSWER: d
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