Asteroid might hit Earth in 2182

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For the record there's a very surprisingly simple way to handle asteroids and keep them from hitting Earth...spray paint them. Squirting a bunch of paint to cover the asteroid would probably be enough, this would impact how the Sun heats it and its radiation intake, which should be enough to knock it off course. No nukes or dramatic drilling or missles needed.