2007 WD5 is an asteroid with a one in 10,000 chance of colliding with Mars on January 30, 2008. The potential explosion would be the equivalent of a 15-megaton nuclear bomb.

1. Discovered in late November 2007
2. Comparable size to the asteroid that impacted Siberian forests in 1908
3. Would leave a half-mile-wide crater at the place of impact, similar to the Meteor Crater In Arizona

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Near Earth Object Program
• Google News: 2007 WD5
• CNN.com: Asteroid Probably Won't Hit Mars, Scientists Say (January 11, 2008)
• FOXNews: What Would Happen If Asteroid Hits Mars (January 4, 2008)
• FOXNews: Odds Increase of Martian Asteroid Impact (December 31, 2007)
• Time: An Asteroid Hurtles Toward Mars (December 27, 2007)
• NASA: Asteroid Threatens To Hit Mars (December 21, 2007)
• CNN.com: Asteroid could hit Mars in January (December 21, 2007)
  • The estimated point of impact is near the rover Opportunity exploration area at Mars' equator.
• Times Online: Asteroid on collision course with Mars (December 21, 2007)
• United Press International: 1-in-75 chance of asteroid hitting Mars (December 21, 2007)
• Associated Press: Asteroid May Hit Mars in Next Month (December 21, 2007)
• Los Angeles Times: Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit (December 21, 2007)

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