\"German School Boy Corrects NASA\

\"German School Boy Corrects NASA\

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BERLIN (AFP) — A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.

Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported.

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Hi all. I'm new here and apologize if I violiated any rules, but I was more concerned about this interesting bit of information that may help explain why such new projects such as the new Seed Bank have been established...
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That's a pretty smart kid.

This is the second such story of a boy correcting the scholars.

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Out of the mouths of babes, as they say.

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Hi MBSCSDD,

Glad to have you on board with us. Please have look under my profile as this is old news. Nasa has come out and stated that the boy is in correct and never contacted them.

Hope you find all the answers to your questions on ATS.