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| Asteroid makes close pass | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 9 2013, 09:29 PM (229 Views) | |
| CJ | Jan 9 2013, 09:29 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20961003 A 300m diameter asteroid named Apophis is making a close approach to the Earth, according to this BBC article. In fact, it's not that close: it's about 14 million km away. If the name Apophis sounds familiar to you, that's probably because this same near-Earth asteroid made the news a few years ago when scientists gave it a 1 in 45 chance of colliding with the Earth in 2029. That's now been ruled out, although it is still expected to come within 30,000km of the Earth (as in, actually a close approach), and there is also a 1 in 200,000 chance of it colliding with the Earth in 2036. Until then, it's 14 million km away, so nothing to get excited about - but hopefully it's close enough for astronomers to study its orbit and improve their calculations. |
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| Michelle | Jan 9 2013, 11:48 PM Post #2 |
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I heard about this on TV... they're going to find a way so that it doesn't hit Earth. |
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| CJ | Jan 16 2013, 01:05 AM Post #3 |
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Surely it's just a case of knocking it off course? |
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| Michelle | Jan 16 2013, 01:33 AM Post #4 |
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Yeah. It will then slow down and barely miss Earth. |
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| CJ | Jan 16 2013, 12:21 PM Post #5 |
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Although, even now, there's only a 1 in 200,000 chance of it hitting, so let's hope nothing will be necessary. |
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| Michelle | Jan 16 2013, 10:24 PM Post #6 |
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I sure hope so. I hate for something to happen. |
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| CJ | Feb 10 2013, 03:52 PM Post #7 |
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Fortunately, that 1 in 200,000 chance of it hitting in 2036 has now been ruled out .
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