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Apophis is coming
Oct 28 2020 07:13AM more by sherkahn
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Well, new calculations show that the asteroid Apophis has a good chance of hitting Earth
In 2068. While not a planet killer, it can do damage.

And you learn something new every day.

“The Yarkovsky effect is a subtle, net force on a small, rotating body caused by asymmetric heating. Tholen and his colleagues have now measured the strength of this effect on Apophis by making extremely precise positional observations using the Japanese 8.3-meter Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i. Their results indicate that the semi-major axis of the asteroid’s orbit is decreasing by 170 meters per year – in very good agreement with Vokrouhlický’s prediction.“
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Out in the void.
      
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NPembrush
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Oct 28 2020 09:05AM     link to this

Apothis is has had and will be an on the risk list. I think it makes a couple sooner passes in 2034-35? They gave it that name for that reason.
sherkahn
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Oct 28 2020 10:23AM     link to this

2026, but new math shows it will miss. The updated math shows that the bounce from Earth’s gravity May make it more of. Threat.
yellowB2
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Oct 28 2020 11:44AM     link to this

New math? Don’t you mean common core math?
NPembrush
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Oct 28 2020 03:45PM     link to this

@B2 don't remind me about common core.
@Doom well in any event I doubt I'll be alive then so...meh. 😄
Mozis
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Oct 28 2020 06:19PM     link to this

I'll be dead, who gives a fuck
sherkahn
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Oct 28 2020 08:18PM     link to this

New math- updated calculations.
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Oct 28 2020 10:13PM     link to this

I’m sure by then we will have produced a world covering force field.... so this is a ridiculous concern.
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