Asteroid Apophis may be on course for 2068 collision with Earth


By Jared Brody, The Space Reporter
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Asteroid Apophis may be on course for 2068 collision with Earth

The asteroid Apophis, forecast to miss Earth by cosmic inches in 2036, may still pose a threat in the foreseeable future. On Wednesday, radar observations made by NASA using the 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone radio dish in California determined that the 885 foot wide space rock will probably pass Earth at a distance somewhere between 14 million (0... To continue reading, subscribe to The Space Reporter today.

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