Nov 10, 2013
This computer-generated image - updated at the website of Armagh Observatory - shows the enormous population of known asteroids present in the inner solar system.
For those of you more-than-worried about the imminent demise of the ESA GOCE satellite, this should _really_ set your mind at ease: take a look at the cosmic shooting gallery we orbit around/through every year. This is a snapshot of other large hunks of rock that could be a threat to our planet.