According to astronmers, the asteroid Apophis will be within 18,640 miles of planet Earth in 2029, closer than our moon. This 885-feet in diameter asteroid may or may not crash into Earth, or explode in our atmosphere, in 2036, as these news articles explain,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/17/tech/main1908951.shtml
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17473059/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/06/ap/tech/main2538944.shtml
Will the gravitational pull of Apophis have any noticeable effect on Earth in 2029? If so, what effects might we notice?
2007-04-12
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