We're probably safe from an impact by the asteroid Bennu for another 300 years

Well, some much-needed good news: A new paper has just been published showing that we're pretty safe from an impact by the near-Earth asteroid Bennu until at least the year 2300.

Cool.

Mind you, there's a slight chance of an impact on September 24, 2182, but a) it's only about 0.04%, and 2) that's a long time from now.

Bennu is a half-kilometer wide asteroid on an orbit that takes it from about 130 to 200 million kilometers from the Sun, one which also crosses very close to the orbit of our o...