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January 11, 2013 02:26 am GMT
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NASA: Asteroid Apophis Will Not Hit Earth in 2036
After collecting data from Asteroid Apophis' distant Earth flyby yesterday, NASA confirms that the asteroid will not collide with the Earth in 2036.
The Slooh Space Camera caught a glimpse of the much-talked-about Apophis on Jan. 9 as it passed 9 million miles away from Earth. While the asteroid's size isn't that large -- about three-and-a-half football fields -- it's notable because it will come very close contact with Earth when it circles back around in 23 years.
When the asteroid was discovered in 2004, scientists initially calculated that it had a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth in 2029. While that scenario was eventually ruled out, a collision in 2036 still had a 1 in 250,000 chanc…
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