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An asteroid over 1,000 feet wide, known as the “God of Chaos”, could hit the earth in 2068, scientists warn. – The Washington Newsday
A huge asteroid has the chance – albeit a tiny one – to collide with Earth in 2068, as a new analysis of the object shows. Scientists say they have measured for…
A huge asteroid has the chance – albeit a tiny one – to collide with Earth in 2068, as a new analysis of the object shows.
Scientists say they have measured for the first time how a phenomenon known as “Yarkovsky acceleration” affects the orbit of the space rock – “99942 Apophis” after an ancient Egyptian “god of chaos” – as it orbits the sun, according to research presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Planetary Science Division.
Astronomers first discovered…
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