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Asteroid Day Expert Panel

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…

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…

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…

If the Chelyabinsk asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created?
If the Chelyabinsk asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created? https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061107/moon-craters-cropped.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061107/moon-craters-cropped.jpg

QUESTION FROM KARIM If this same [Chelyabinsk] asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created? ANSWER BY MARK BOSLOUGH (ADXP) Great question! Using our best estimate…

Is it possible not to see an asteroid?
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QUESTION FROM ATANAS Hello, My name is Atanas Kostovski, I’m 18 years old, and I’m from Skopje, Macedonia. I study computer engineering, but I love astronomy. My question is related…

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