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Russian Scientists are predicting that a 900 foot long Asteroid could collide with Earth in 2036. You may recall we were warned about this asteroid, Apophis, back in 2004.
Although NASA brushes off these claims, they still admit that the possibility of collision is there. NASA’s Donald Yeomans assures the public that chances are “just 1 in 250,000.”
The questions is, if an asteroid does get too close for comfort, is Earth prepared for a defense? According to Yeomans the likely scenario is this, “Apophis will make a fairly close approach to Earth in late 2012 and early 2013, and will be extensively observed with ground-based optical telescopes and radar systems. If it seems to be heading on a destructive path, NASA will devise the scheme and machinery necessary to change the asteroid’s orbit, decreasing the probability of a collision in 2036 to zero.”
