So long as we have Harry Stamper around the world is safe (Image removed from quote.)
Do a search for the Near Earth Object Program. You will be suprised how many come that close.
According to the article, one this big only comes this close once every 25 years. Kind of a shame it won't be viewable without really expensive equipment.
Why, do you want to be able to see our death coming for us?
Speaking of Astroids. I read and interesting article about a meteor that landed in the ocean in 1990 (forgot what ocean it was). The interesting part about this event is that if that metor had not landed for another 19 hours along the same longitude line, it would have landed right on the same spot where coalition troops where station in preparing for The Persian Gulf War. The impact what calculated to have the explosion of around Hiroshima bomb. It would have been hard to detrmined how the outcome would have been if that had happen other than the worst case scenario of a world nuclear war.
I am pretty sure that we would have known that is was a meteor and not a nuke. Especially since you would be able to see it re-enter from angles not in range of the blast radius.
Well there's that and the fact that there won't be any/ very much radiation from a meteor strike.
You started this thread and it was obviously about your want and desire in spite of your use of 'we' and Google.