Sunday, January 13, 2013

Whew! Huge Asteroid Apophis Won't Hit Earth in 2036

Large  Asteroid wont hit Earth 

     Asteroid Apophis wont hit Earth in 2036. We are safe from a massive Asteroid that will fly extremely close to Earth. Asteroid Apophis was first discover in 2004 and scientist ruled out it had a 2.7 percent chance of hitting Earth. Now they have decided that it has a one in a million chance of hitting. I think this is important because are lives can be in danger of bigger asteroid we dont even know about.      
An artist's illustration of asteroid Apophis near Earth. The asteroid will fly extremely close to Earth in 2029, and then again in 2036, but poses no threat of hitting the planet.
Asteroid Apophis was discovered on June 19, 2004.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.to read more click here
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