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Asteroid Apophis and the “keyhole”
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QUESTION FROM JON-MICHAEL STUART Hi, Could you please respond to the following question with regards to the below conversation; Tony HW I recall hearing Neil deGrasse Tyson referring to a 6600-milezone/range “keyhole” area of…

Rusty’s Planetary Defense – Time Out For The Big Picture | Part Four
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Enough with numbers and the technical bits for the moment.  I want to take some time early on to touch on the philosophical, the overview, the big picture of just…

Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron & rock be miscalculated?
Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron & rock be miscalculated? https://asteroidday.org/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday.org/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg

QUESTION FROM ADRIAN NELSON CHATER (submitted via the Asteroid Day Facebook page) Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron…

Rusty’s Planetary Defense – How Many Are We Talking About, Anyway? | Part Three
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Stand by friends, I’m afraid we’re going to get into numbers here.  This is a subject where numbers reign supreme!  Happily there won’t be any real math here, but when…

Recent Astroid Strike in Russia [Chelyabinsk]
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QUESTION FROM LINDA STEPP I read an article that stated the meteor struck in the lake; was this true, and can they estimate how large it was on impact?   ANSWER…

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