Science - The Asteroid Named Bennu Poem by Paul Warren

In 2135 an asteroid named Bennu will fly between Earth and the Moon
This near miss will be a hair's breadth in space terms casting a worrying gloom
It is 487 metres wide and travels at a speed of 101,000 kilometres an hour
And if it hit Earth it would explode with the strength of 200 atomic bombs power
Dwarfing the Hiroshima blast and causing a problem of a global catastrophe
The scientists say that the Earth's gravity could put it on a course that would be
On a collision with us in a hundred years' the next time it decides to visit us
This would mean we may go the way of the dinosaurs leaving no trace or fuss.

© Paul Warren Poetry