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Old 04-12-2011, 02:31 PM   #132
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
On Friday the 13th of April, 2029, the asteroid Apophis, a rock big enough in the words of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to "fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup," will approach so close to Earth that it's path will dip below the altitude of our communication satellites.

The good news is that on its return trip in 2036, it might not hit us.
Well of course it wont hit us in 2036 - having smashed itself into little, bitty, pieces on the first time around.
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