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Scientists can’t eliminate the possibility that asteroid Apophis will hit the Earth – SlashGear

Many asteroids are floating around in space that NASA and other organizations are tracking. One of those asteroids is about the size of the Eiffel Tower and is…

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Many asteroids are floating around in space that NASA and other organizations are tracking. One of those asteroids is about the size of the Eiffel Tower and is called Apophis. Scientists recently said that they couldn’t rule out that Apophis might impact the Earth in 2068.
Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy announced that they had discovered a phenomenon called Yarkovsky acceleration on the asteroid. This type of acceleration comes from an extremely weak force on an object…

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