Source: News.com |
I kept track of this meteor (or is it an asteroid?) for two
years, but quit posting on this outer space missile when scientists
revised their models and determined that Apophis posed no threat to our
planet.
Now, with the "drive-by" of Apophis,
last night (Jan 9, 2013), speculation has risen as to the possible danger this asteroid
poses, again.
With last night's event, we have learned that Apophis is
not 826 feet wide, but 1066 feet wide (or more than three football
fields in width).
We, also, know that scientists have renewed concerns
about what the future holds.
What is happening is this: in 2029, Apophis will
visit our region of outer space, again, this time missing our planet by 22,000 miles as
it heads for its run around the Sun. You should know that we have satellites at this distance from Earth.
That journey will find its path through space altered, because of the gravitational pull of the Sun. As it circles around the backside of the Sun and "slingshots" back to where it came from, past the Earth, there is the possibility that it could be on a collision course with Earth.
That journey will find its path through space altered, because of the gravitational pull of the Sun. As it circles around the backside of the Sun and "slingshots" back to where it came from, past the Earth, there is the possibility that it could be on a collision course with Earth.
As I remember the info I read, back in 2008
(it was discovered in 2004), it would strike earth out in the Pacific,
on a line south of California. Of course, there would be a tidal wave
as never seen in modern times with a huge loss of life, involving all of the
West Coast and across the ocean, in Asia. All of the Japanese
islands could be destroyed as well as the Koran Peninsula.
Point of post: keep an eye on this matter,
understanding that the "authorities" will be inclined to tell the public
one thing, when something very different is about to happen.
You might want to move east of the Rockies.
Our Earth has not been effectively unchanged for thousands of
years. Maybe change is about to take place.
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