…too bad it will be in 2029 and I will be gone!

I’m sure a lot of people have already heard about the asteroid named Apophis, but this near earth object (NEO) was discovered back in 2004. Originally, it was said that there was a 2.7% chance that this asteroid (approximately 690 to 1,080 ft in diameter) would impact the earth. Fortunately, authorities later stated that those odds were very small. But, the asteroid will pass VERY close by the earth. To really make you get an idea how close, the preliminary estimates show that Apophis will pass about 29,470 km away from the earth. Sure, that sounds like a pretty good distance away…but consider that the moon is 385,000 km. So, Apophis will pass VERY close indeed! Maybe we should hurry up with that research on how to avoid NEO. Unfortunately, we won’t know much more until 2011 or 2013 as to the more exact path the asteroid is following. Until then, go ahead and build that debt and wait for the end of the world!

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