Torino scale

Torino scale

The official scale (created by Professor Richard P. Binzel and formalised in Torino, Italy in 1999) for categorising the Earth impact hazard for asteroids and comets. Values range from 0 (no chance of collision with Earth) to 10 (collision with global climatic disasters). (Torino Scale)

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