Space & Astronomy

Apophis may strike Earth in 2068

By T.K. Randall
March 2, 2013 ·  38 comments

Image Credit: ESA Apophis has hit headlines several times over the last few years, after its discovery in 2004 it was initially believed to be in with a very high chance of a collision in the year 2029. Fortunately this was ruled out, as was a further chance to hit in 2036, but now scientists at NASA who have been analyzing its trajectory have determined that there may be a chance of it hitting after all - in 2068.

Fortunately however the odds of an impact are very small indeed as far as apocalyptic asteroids go. "Only one of the potential impacts has a probability of impact greater than 1-in-a-million," read an article from the science team. "There is a 2-meter wide keyhole that leads to an impact in 2068, with impact odds of about 2.3 in a million."

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