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Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says – Yahoo News Australia
The space agency rules out a 2068 threat to Earth from the “poster child for hazardous asteroids”.
Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was “safe” from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least.
Nasa had deemed Apophis to be one of the most dangerous asteroids to Earth after its discovery in 2004.
Close calls in 2029 and 2036 were predicted and later ruled out. A slight threat still remained for 2068.
But now Nasa has dismissed that threat based on new analysis of the asteroid.
“A 2068 impact is not in the realm of possibility any…
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