NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations

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Asteroid Apophis was discovered on June 19 2004. Image credit: UHIA
Asteroid Apophis was discovered on June 19, 2004. Image credit: UH/IA

The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid Apophis in 2036.


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