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No Armageddon: NASA says Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years
Jerusalem Post ^ | 03/29/2021 | Aaron Reich

Posted on 03/29/2021 8:44:26 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

The 1,100 foot-long 9943 Apophis will fly by the Earth on April 13, 2029, at just under 20,000 miles above the surface, and will be visible without binoculars or telescopes.

Earth is safe from a potential calamity-causing asteroid for the next 100 years, NASA announced on Friday.

The announcement clears up fears that had lingered since 2004, when the asteroid 9942 Apophis was identified as one of the most hazardous potential asteroids that could strike the planet. However, this has now been ruled out thanks to a growing understanding of the asteroid and its orbit by astronomers, as well as new radar observations using precise orbit analysis.

And good thing, too. At an estimated 1,100 feet (340 meters) in diameter, the asteroid was set to veer close to the planet in 2029. Later assessments pushed back this date to 2036, and again until 2068. Now, there is a high degree of confidence among astronomers that there is no chance of it impacting Earth...

(Excerpt) Read more at m.jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 20290413; 9943apophis; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; nasa; science; smod
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“Even God could not sink this ship” - J. Bruce Ismay, Titanic Ship Builder
1 posted on 03/29/2021 8:44:26 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
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To: Jan_Sobieski

2029? Well, O.K. then.

Now, I don’t know what this is (nor WHEN). But it is written:

Revelation 8:8-9 King James Version

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.


And since the Word of God is always fulfilled, this will happen (someday).


2 posted on 03/29/2021 8:53:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Why is anyone concerned about 100 years from now when we are all going to die from climate change in 10 years?


3 posted on 03/29/2021 8:55:46 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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Earth is safe from a potential calamity-causing asteroid for the next 100 years, NASA announced on Friday.

I dunno...


4 posted on 03/29/2021 8:55:48 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

[“Even God could not sink this ship” - J. Bruce Ismay, Titanic Ship Builder]

Maybe Bruce Ismay meant the survival boat he got into.

Now, I’m not certain of the rumor he put on a woman’s dress, LOL.


5 posted on 03/29/2021 8:56:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Rebelbase

Greta Thunberg is gonna save the world!


6 posted on 03/29/2021 8:57:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Please tell me it is not renown expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, making this projection.


7 posted on 03/29/2021 9:01:17 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
"And global warming is real!" Thanks Jan_Sobieski.

8 posted on 03/29/2021 9:09:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Jan_Sobieski

It’s always the one you don’t see coming.....


9 posted on 03/29/2021 9:12:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: SaveFerris

Good catch! He didn’t die.


10 posted on 03/29/2021 9:18:39 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Yep! We can relax... The government says so...
Have they ever lied to us or hidden the truth from us?

They have clearly been reading all my posts warning of the close encounters we are about to experience with Apophis...
Nothing has changed...

It is still visiting us in 2029, 2036, & 2068... (& beyond)
It will take just a slight encounter with another of those many, many as-yet-unobserved asteroids to nudge it’s trajectory...
20,000 miles is nothing in astronomical terms...

Remember, it doesn’t have to hit the earth... Just pass through the upper atmosphere to cause catastrophic damage... Just ask the Russians...


11 posted on 03/29/2021 9:19:53 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another John Brown now that we desperately need him?)
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Great. We all know what that means...


12 posted on 03/29/2021 9:22:13 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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13 posted on 03/29/2021 9:24:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: SuperLuminal

I would ask, but my Tunguska is tied


14 posted on 03/29/2021 9:26:17 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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No Armageddon: NASA says Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years

The hits just keep on coming.

15 posted on 03/29/2021 9:31:13 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (May their path be strewn with Legos, may they step on them with bare feet until they repent. )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Translation: We’re so screwed!


16 posted on 03/29/2021 9:32:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Earth is safe from a potential calamity-causing asteroid for the next 100 years, NASA announced on Friday.

Governments aren’t really acting like that is true, are they? Instead, they appear to be in a mad rush to loot and asset-strip their citizens before...something happens.

17 posted on 03/29/2021 9:34:41 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Jan_Sobieski

(Darn, the Stargate “Apophis” image won’t post.)

MacGyver has this...


18 posted on 03/29/2021 9:34:43 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them”


19 posted on 03/29/2021 9:49:22 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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[[No Armageddon: NASA says Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years]]

PHEW!

OK- back to “We’re all gonna die from global warming in 7 years”


20 posted on 03/29/2021 9:49:55 PM PDT by Bob434
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