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Fri 10 Oct 2009Apophis asteroid will miss us in 2036 but remains threat
FIRST THE good news – the Apophis asteroid will get very close but will not hit us in 2036. The bad news is the asteroid, almost 250 metres across, might hit us in 2068.
The latest calculations defining the orbit – and potential for Earth impact – of the asteroid were presented yesterday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Puerto Rico.
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