Asteroid could hit earth with force of 2.6bn tons of TNT this year

(Web Desk) – An asteroid lost to scientists over a decade ago is back, and while the chances are slim, it could strike earth with the force of 2.6 billion tons of TNT this year.

Nasa said in a statement to MSN that asteroid FT3, first discovered and then lost in 2007, has a 1 in 10 million chance of colliding with Earth on October 5.

The force of such a collision wouldn’t be planet-ending,…