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Well, wish you added some data along with that video. 
Cos some people don't even want to click a link.

Thanks for sharing it here though, below are some details.

99942 APOPHIS (2004 MN4)



Discovered by:
Roy A. Tucker, David J. Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi

Date:
June 19, 2004

99942 Apophis (previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a relatively large probability (up to 2.7%) that it would strike the Earth in 2029.

Read Spreadsheet by NASA:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html

An additional impact date in 2037 has been identified; however, the impact probability for that encounter is 1 in 12.3 million.

Despite the fact that there is no longer any significant probability of an Earth impact, the Planetary Society is offering $50,000 in prize awards for a few of the best plans to put a tracking device on or near the asteroid.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

BRITISH TEAM'S MISSION TO HELP DIVERT ASTEROID
Telegraph.co.uk

British space scientists and engineers will today submit detailed plans for a mission to help divert an asteroid which could collide with Earth in 2036.

Apophis, a 240-mile wide remnant of the early solar system believed to be made mainly of rock, circles the Sun in an orbit that brings it close to the Earth every few years.

It will pass within 22,400 miles of our planet in 2029 - closer than the satellites used in our communication systems.

Scientists currently estimate the likelihood of Apophis hitting our planet at one in 45,000.

However, if in 2029 it passes through a small region known as the "gravitational keyhole", which is influenced by Earth's gravity, the chances of it being diverted on to a collision course and hitting us on April 13, 2036, shorten considerably.

It would collide with a force 100,000 times that unleashed by the nuclear bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima in 1945.

This would create a massive crater, potentially leave the whole planet in the dark for a year or more because of the dust released into the atmosphere, destroy crops and unleash tsunamis that would destroy coastal settlements.

Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.j … ter131.xml

UK PLANS TO TRACK ASTEROID THREAT
BBC.co.uk

UK space scientists and engineers have designed a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.

The 300m-wide (980ft) rock, known as Apophis, will fly past Earth in April 2029 at a distance that is closer than many communications satellites.

Astrium, based in Stevenage, Herts, wants a probe to track the asteroid so its orbit can be better understood.

The concept will compete for a $50,000 (£25,000) Planetary Society prize, but a full mission would cost millions.

The British design calls for a small, remote-sensing spacecraft, dubbed Apex (Apophis Explorer), which could rendezvous with Apophis in January 2014.

It would then spend the next three years tracking the rock, sending data back to Earth about the object's size, shape, spin, composition and temperature.

From this information, orbit modelling would enable a more accurate prediction of the risk of any future collision.

Astrium says that if its concept won the prize, it would donate the money to charity.

"The real prize for us would be if the European or US space agencies thought there was merit in our proposal and asked us to carry the feasibility study forward," said Dr Mike Healy, the company's space science director.

A full mission would be expected to cost about $500m (£250m) dollars to develop, launch and operate.

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6971216.stm

Read below:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl … d_now.html
http://www.news.com/Meteor-warning-syst … 60316.html
http://space.newscientist.com/article/d … -warn.html

Last edited by Padme (2007-09-28 19:28:53)

that is so not true.. its just a threat so people will aware bout things

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that is so not true.. its just a threat so people will aware bout things

It's possible.
That's why people are doing more research on it.

In July 16-22, 1994 Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter.
And we know that Jupiter is 50 times the size of Earth.
If Shoemaker-Levy 9 would have collided with Earth, we'd be wiped out.

Some scientists already claim Apophis could actually hit Earth.
They say the question is WHEN.

It's better if we are ready, if in case it will really happen.
Check NASA's spreadsheet here -> http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html

oh no... i gotta make the best of my time now!!!!    by that time I'll only be 

still.. God is with us!!   

hehe cool! 


Sticky Edited.

Last edited by Padme (2007-10-02 12:21:01)

This is terrible

This is rubbish. It's just another threat. What we should be afraid of is Global Warming.

if its THE time...well, so be it!!

God will always be right on our side.

it's like Armageddon.
i trust the technology to fix this... and God as well. ...but cant help to worry about my kids and grandchildren by that time.

Last edited by ghettochild (2008-05-18 12:36:55)