Too Close for Comfort
Erm…how come i dunno about this news. Is it reported in our dailies? Maybe i missed it. Is about an asteroid passing earth real close. In fact, is a miss. That would be happening in the year 2029. April friday the 13th. it was discovered last year in June but it will come back again after that.
The asteroid is called Apophis named after an Egyptian myth, it is the ancient spirit of evil and
destruction, a demon that was determined to plunge the world into
eternal darkness.
At first, scientists projected it as a collision course with our planet but late last year, they retract that statement. Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer from Queen’s University Belfast, said:
"When it does pass close to us on April 13 2029, the Earth will deflect
it and change its orbit. There’s a small possibility that if it passes
through a particular point in space, the so-called keyhole, … the
Earth’s gravity will change things so that when it comes back around
again in 2036, it will collide with us." The chance of Apophis passing
through the keyhole, a 600-metre patch of space, is 1 in 5,500 based on
current information.
If scientists kenot draw any conclusions this coming mths, they have only year 2013 to determine it. In 2029, astronomers will know for sure if Apophis will pose a threat
in 2036. If the worst-case scenarios turn out to be true and the Earth
is not prepared, it will be too late. "If we wait until 2029, it would
seem unlikely that you’d be able to do anything about 2036.
you can read the whole news here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,14493,1660485,00.html
so, we have global warming and the climate is changing, and now we have Apophis. If this happens, then you and i will get to experience it in our life time.
Its the end of the world.
