Monday, January 14, 2013

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Whew! Big asteroid no longer threat to Earth


ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on January, 5-6, 2013. This image shows the asteroid in Herschel’s three PACS wavelengths: 70, 100 and 160 microns.We no more have to be in danger of a huge asteroid to hit us. They say that it is no longer a threat to hit us but it is 1 to 500 chance that it will. It will  be about 19,400 mile away but yet there is another asteroid that we will be able to see on Feb 16, 2013 if we were in eastern Europe, Asia, and Australia. I think this is important because if there was a asteroid that is going to hit us in 20 years I think that they should tell us, even if it will come close. We should be ready. To read more go Here.

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