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Asteroid Apophis Has a Slim Chance of Hitting Us in 2068. Scientists Are Making Plans – ScienceAlert
It’s comforting to imagine that with both space- and Earth-based telescopes trained on the cosmos, we’d be able to spot any hazardously sized asteroids heading…
It’s comforting to imagine that with both space- and Earth-based telescopes trained on the cosmos, we’d be able to spot any hazardously sized asteroids heading our way a mile off, with plenty of time to paint them white or explode them away.
But for every asteroid we see coming in our direction, there’s a number we miss until they fly on by.
And even for those we know about well in advance, it can still be hard to nail down just how likely an Earth collision actually is.
Asteroid 99942 Apophis is…
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