Full articles and information:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/arti...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_A...
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat....
After hearing something a little worrying I did a little research of my own about an asteroid named Apophis.
In a nut shell, this is the asteroid that could possible destroy our entire planet. It was discovered in 2004 and is said to come near our neck of the woods about April 13th 2029.
At the moment in 2029 they think it will miss our planet. It was be defleted by our atmosphere and fly off into space. But if it goes through a 600 metre wide patch of warped gravity (called a 'keyhole') then Apophis will be sucked into our rotation and in 2036 come back and hit us.
There is a 1 in 5,500 chance it will go though the keyhole.
So if you have any long-term plans you might want to speed them up and if you are going anything on the 13th April 2029 you might want to take the day off.
Alika. x
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