More Asteroid Strikes Are Likely, Scientists Say

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November 6, 2013
A hole blasted through the ice of Lake Chebarkul, southwest of Chelyabinsk, Russia, by a meteorite. Credit: Eduard Kalinin

A hole blasted through the ice of Lake Chebarkul, southwest of Chelyabinsk, Russia, by a meteorite. Credit: Eduard Kalinin

In a special interview for the NYT, Dr. Ed Lu, former NASA space shuttle astronaut who heads the B612 Foundation, says that only 10-20 percent of Near Earth Asteroids have been found and only .05 percent of smaller asteroids, roughly the size of the Tunguska 1908 asteroid have been found.

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The New York Times (Nov. 6, 2013)

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