More Danger Than Ever


	More Danger Than Ever

n2teaching

4-16-2008 8:57 AM

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nasa, apophis, earth, student, germany, esa, satellites, asteroid

n2teaching says:

Apophis is even more likely to hit Earth, according to a young student and verified by NASA.

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                                        German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/7C5C08B6-839C-458D-B2E8-B4D283C258D8" alt="This artist's rendition released by NASA shows an asteroid belt. A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429"><DIV class="source"><A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/NASA/photo//080415/photos_sc_afp/9252f5347ec5ee5babf78e859e8e0aa8//s:/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429;_ylt=ArKCLPl7sORj5y2QZcyVX6vQOrgF">AFP/NASA-HO/File Photo:</A>
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A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected <SPAN id="lw_1208296061_0" class="yshortcuts">NASA</SPAN>'s estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429">
Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in <SPAN id="lw_1208296061_1" class="yshortcuts">Potsdam</SPAN> (AIP) to calculate that there was a 1 in 450 chance that the <SPAN id="lw_1208296061_2" class="yshortcuts">Apophis</SPAN> asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429"><P>
NASA had previously estimated the chances at only 1 in 45,000 but told its sister organisation, the <SPAN id="lw_1208296061_3" class="yshortcuts">European Space Agency</SPAN> (ESA), that the young whizzkid had got it right.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/sc_afp/spaceastronomygermany_080415214429"><P>
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