Much Ado About Apophis
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Featured Articles on 01 2nd, 2010 |
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Concept art for the ESA Don Quijote asteroid mission (ESA)
Apophis is a 300 meter wide asteroid that caused a stir back in 2004. When NASA discovered the near-Earth asteroid (or NEO), it appeared to be tumbling in our direction Armageddon-style and the initial odds for a 2029 impact were 1-in-37. Understandably,...