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Post by avordvet on Jul 18, 2017 5:41:18 GMT -5
Scientists 'can't rule out' collision with asteroid flying by Earth in 2029By Mike Wehner, Published June 28, 2017 Asteroids are one of the most serious threats to life as we know it, but scientists and skywatchers have gotten pretty good at predicting exactly when and where the dangerous rocks will appear, and how close they're going to come to our planet. One massive space rock, called 99942 Apophis, is going to make a very close pass of Earth in 2029, and that flyby could determine the fate of our planet in the not-so-distant future. "We can rule out a collision at the next closest approach with the Earth," Astronomer Alberto Cellino told Astrowatch. "But then the orbit will change in a way that is not fully predictable just now, so we cannot predict the behavior on a longer timescale." www.foxnews.com/science/2017/06/28/scientists-cant-rule-out-collision-with-asteroid-flying-by-earth-in-2029.html
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