NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:48
in Astronomy & Space
The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid Apophis in 2036.
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