In fact, NASA officials said our planet should be safe from Apophis foranother 100 years.
Apaperpublished inThe Planetary Science Journalthis past March supported that conclusionmostly.
What are the odds?
An artist’s rendition of Apophis, happily soaring through space and not crashing into any planets.© The Planetary Society; CC BY-NC 3.0
According to the study, Apophis is currently in the daytime sky and wont be observable until 2027.
But once we can see it, well know fairly quickly if were in trouble.
Most of the impact risk could be retired by a single observation of Apophis in 2027, wrote Wiegert.
Ramses is currently scheduled for an April 2028 launch.
So even if youre an Apophis pessimist, things could be worse.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
As for the Moon, not so much.
