NASA: Giant Asteroid Has Missed Earth, Another Doomsday Theory Debunked
Chris McCann's claims that the end of the world will be on Oct. 7, 2015 has been slammed as NASA announces that a giant asteroid has missed the Earth by 15 million miles.
The leader of a Christian group based in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania called the Electronic Bible Fellowship, or more commonly known as the EBibleFellowship (EBF), has claimed that his study of the Bible gave him the insight regarding his claims about Doomsday.
However, NASA's asteroid-tracking group Jet Propulsion Lab's Near Earth Object Office announced on Friday that the asteroid linked to McCann's claims will not come any closer to Earth by 15 miles, which is the distance between Earth and Mars.
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According to The Telegraph, Asteroid 86666 or 2000 FL 10 is one gigantic asteroid at 1.5 miles wide, which will cause a catastrophic impact if it touches the surface of man's planet. The asteroid's speed is estimated at 40,000 miles per hour and is 15 times the size of all other asteroids on NASA's intelligence records.
Other predictions about Doomsday have been declared by some well-known people such as influential ministers like John Hagee and Mark Blitz. The ministers claim that a "tetrad," which is described by astronomy as four consecutive full eclipses with about six months intervals, will signal the coming of the world's end.
Another more famous theory was declared by the late Christian radio host Harold Camping. He said Doomsday will be on May 21, 2011. With the day passed and the Earth remained in place, Camping said his prediction was wrong and that the Earth will die in October of the same year. The radio personality died at the age of 92 in 2013.
On Thursday, Asteroid Watch posted on Twitter saying Asteroid 86666 will "safely pass Earth Oct 10 by over 15 million mi/25 million km." The announcement also kept the masses calm as it clarified that it [asteroid] "poses zero threat."
NASA's announcement is seemingly additional confirmation that for the next 100 years, the Earth will probably be safe from any collisions.
