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No Armageddon: NASA says Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years
Jerusalem Post ^ | 03/29/2021 | Aaron Reich

Posted on 03/29/2021 8:44:26 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

The 1,100 foot-long 9943 Apophis will fly by the Earth on April 13, 2029, at just under 20,000 miles above the surface, and will be visible without binoculars or telescopes.

Earth is safe from a potential calamity-causing asteroid for the next 100 years, NASA announced on Friday.

The announcement clears up fears that had lingered since 2004, when the asteroid 9942 Apophis was identified as one of the most hazardous potential asteroids that could strike the planet. However, this has now been ruled out thanks to a growing understanding of the asteroid and its orbit by astronomers, as well as new radar observations using precise orbit analysis.

And good thing, too. At an estimated 1,100 feet (340 meters) in diameter, the asteroid was set to veer close to the planet in 2029. Later assessments pushed back this date to 2036, and again until 2068. Now, there is a high degree of confidence among astronomers that there is no chance of it impacting Earth...

(Excerpt) Read more at m.jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 20290413; 9943apophis; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; nasa; science; smod
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Yeah, they made a movie with that plot.

It didn’t end well.

“YOU WANT THE TRUTH??? YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!”

/s


21 posted on 03/29/2021 9:57:52 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Rebelbase

I know. I feel so bad.

I almost called her Greta the Bridge Troll.

How dare I?

Shame on her parents for warping her mind so badly that she damaged her own health with their Global Warming nonsense.


22 posted on 03/29/2021 10:24:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
[“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them”]


23 posted on 03/29/2021 10:28:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

[Translation: We’re so screwed!]

You know, given all of the lies we’ve heard from “official” sources over the last few years, I tend to think you’re probably correct.


24 posted on 03/29/2021 10:30:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“Missed it by _that_ much!”


25 posted on 03/29/2021 10:50:49 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

😀


26 posted on 03/29/2021 10:52:43 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another John Brown now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Here is the snake god Apophis or Apep:

Barack Obama wears a snake ring, I believe honoring this god who is a god of chaos.

27 posted on 03/29/2021 11:28:23 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

OH geez... I Wish they Hadn’t said that!!!


28 posted on 03/30/2021 12:42:13 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Jan_Sobieski

What happens after that?


29 posted on 03/30/2021 1:13:46 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Well, it’s going to miss us by “THAT MUCH”. Maybe the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system can bring it down in chucks so that we can mine its ore.


30 posted on 03/30/2021 2:12:29 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Well if the scientists say we are safe.....

We are doomed!

31 posted on 03/30/2021 3:26:19 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
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