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Apophis is roughly 370 meters in its longest dimension, about 306 meters across its shorter axes, and shaped like a slightly flattened, spinning top roughly the size of a large...
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No known asteroid poses a significant impact risk in 2029. Scientific monitoring and impact risk assessments show that currently identified near-Earth objects do not present cre...
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Apophis (officially designated 99942 Apophis) is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 340 meters in diameter that has become one of the most studied near-Earth objects. Its orbit bring...
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As of current observations, the asteroid of primary interest for a potential 2032 Earth encounter is 2023 DW. This near-Earth object has a very small probability of entering Ear...
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If Apophis hit Earth, its most probable locations would be ocean basins, because roughly 71% of Earth’s surface is covered by water and many impact scenarios track similar lon...
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When people say NASA is hitting an asteroid, they are usually referring to the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a mission designed to see whether a spacecraft can change...
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