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Asteroid Apophis, which is called the most serious space threat to the Earth, today will approach our planet at a distance of almost fourteen and a half million kilometers. By the standards of the universe, this is not so much. But in 2029 According to scientists, Apophis will fly only 36 thousand kilometers from Earth, that is, at the height of the geostationary orbits satellites.
The asteroid was named after the ancient Egyptian destroyer god, who lives in the underworld and is trying to destroy the sun. There are several scenarios of an asteroid collision with the Earth. To get more accurate calculations, to the heavenly wanderer planned to send an automatic research station. But while the asteroid is observed only with the help of telescopes. To separate our planet and cosmic body will be a distance of 14.46 million kilometers, RIA Novosti reports. 300-meter asteroid Apophis on present is the most serious space threat to Of the earth. Our planet has to meet with him twice more – in 2029 (Apophis will approach the dangerous 36 thousand kilometers) and in 2036 – and then everything can end in a collision.
