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    Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 6:15pm
Good, glad to hear it. The asteroid Apophis is due to pass closer to earth that our own communications satellites. There is a possibility that it could pass through a narrow window, and the gravitational effect from the earth may cause it to return 7 years later on an impact course. An Apophis impact would be the equivant of a 500 megatonne blast. We would be screwed quite frankly.
 
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The UN's leading asteroid scientist says the international community must prepare to act to prevent asteroids colliding with the Earth.

Professor Richard Crowther's comments come as a group of space experts called for a co-ordinated science led response to the asteroid threat.

The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) says missions to intercept asteroids will need global approval.

The UN will meet in February to discuss the issue.

In the ASE report, the group of scientists and former astronauts point to the historical record to highlight the dangers of asteroids; an impact 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, and the Tunguska impact in 1908 produced a 2000 sq km fire in Siberia, big enough to engulf a city the size of New York.
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