===== Points of Divergence : Asteroid Impacts =====

PODs concerning alternate asteroid impacts of Earth with long-term ramifications on the course of natural or human history.

==== OTL Near misses ====

A near miss is when an asteroid or other large object from the Solar System comes within 5x the Earth-Moon distance by :

^ Date       ^ Time      ^ Object             ^ Distance ^ V_infinity ^ Size    ^
| 1908/12/16 | 12:55 GMT | 33342 (1998 WT24)  | 3.5 LD   |  8.93 km/s | 0.4 km. |
| 1933/01/17 | 11:44 GMT | 7482 (1994 PC1)    | 2.9 LD   | 19.76 km/s | 1.4 km. |
| 1937/10/30 | 17:05 GMT | 69230 Hermes       | 1.9 LD   | 18.24 km/s | 1.2 km. |
| 1942/04/26 | 18:19 GMT | 69230 Hermes       | 1.7 LD   | 18.45 km/s | 1.2 km. |
| 1946/08/07 | 11:33 GMT | 137108 (1999 AN10) | 2.4 LD   | 26.41 km/s | 1.3 km  |
| 1956/12/16 | 23:13 GMT | 33342 (1998 WT24)  | 3.5 LD   |  8.96 km/s | 0.4 km. |
| 1961/04/12 | 16:20 GMT | 163243 (2002 FB3)  | 4.9 LD   | 18.97 km/s | 2.7 km. |
| 1969/08/27 | 03:29 GMT | 192642 (1999 RD32) | 3.6 LD   | 22.61 km/s | 2.6 km. |
| 1981/05/18 | 04:55 GMT | 143651 (2003 QO104)| 2.8 LD   |  9.96 km/s | 3.1 km. |
| 1995/06/24 | 03:36 GMT | 170086 (2002 XR14) | 4.3 LD   | 16.86 km/s | 1.2 km. |
| 2001/12/16 | 05:39 GMT | 33342 (1998 WT24)  | 4.9 LD   |  8.86 km/s | 0.4 km. |
| 2004/09/29 | 13:36 GMT | 4179 Toutatis      | 4.0 LD   | 10.97 km/s | 2.8 km. |

**Source: [[http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca|NEO Earth Close-Approaches
Between 1900 A.D. and 2200 A.D. (at neo.jpl.nasa.gov)]]**

TBD: link to impact calculator

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==== POD discussions ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=26406|WI: Chunk of comet hitting Earth in 1998 ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=138262|Best place for an asteroid to hit ?]]**

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:Exotic PODs]]**

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