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Will Apophis Asteroid Collide With Earth in 2029?
In the Spring of 2029, the Apophis asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth. Now, the question is, will this asteroid collide with Earth? You must watch the end of this video to learn about the Apophis asteroid. You can also learn about past asteroid impacts on Earth and the plans NASA and other agencies are making to defend our planet from future asteroid impacts.
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on a spring evening in 2029 something
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terrifying will happen in the earth Sky
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a massive asteroid called apop about the
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size of 4ot ball field will come
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dangerously close to Earth One unique
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thing about this close flyby is that
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Apple fuse will come more closer to us
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than most satellites in low earth Orit
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so will this asteroid collide with Earth
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you have to stick to the end of this
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video to learn everything about how apy
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asteroid will make it closest approach
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to Earth in 2029 you also bearn about
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past asteroid impass with Earth and the
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planetary defense plans that NASA and
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other agencies are making to protect our
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planets from future asteroid impacts one
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thing you should know about asteroid fly
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B is that scientists sometimes
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miscalculate their hazardous potential
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now the thought of an asteroid as large
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as ause colliding with air should be
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able to make anyone scared to understand
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how scared this forthcoming flyby is we
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need to look back at Earth's past our
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planet has been hit by astroid many
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times before and this impact has caused
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massive destruction the most famous One
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happened 66 million years ago during the
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era of the dinosaurs during that time an
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asteroid about 10 km wide crashed into
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what is now Mexico the explosion was so
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powerful that it wiped away the
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dinosaurs and most life on Earth at that
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time the impact of the asteroid
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Collision through dust and rocks into
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the sky blocking the sunlight this
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significantly make the planet dark and
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cold this terrifying event called the
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chick solu impact changed the course of
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life on Earth forever and astroid don't
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has to be as as big as asteroid that
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sent the dinosaurs into Extinction to
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cause a devastating impact on Earth even
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smaller asteroids can cause a lot of
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damages on Earth for example in 1908 an
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asteroid exploded over a remote area in
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Siberia Russia this event known as tuska
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event flattened trees over an area of
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2,000 square kilm the explosion was as
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strong as many nuclear bombs and if it
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had happened over a city it could have
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killed thousands of people most recently
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in 2013 an asteroid exploded over a city
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of Chile beIN in Russia this explosion
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scattered windows and injured over 1,600
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people this event shows that even small
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asteroid can cause devastating impact on
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the world now before we talk more about
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the apop asteroid I will make it closest
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approach to Earth in 2029 let's first
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understand what is asteroids asteroids
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are small rocky objects that obese the
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sun in astronomy they are referred to as
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the building blocks of planets they are
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scattered across the solar system
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however majority of them are found in
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the asteroid Bel region between Mars and
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Jupiter now around the earth we also
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have asteroids astronomers refers to
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these asteroids as near Earth objects
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now among all the asteroids in the solar
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system scientists are more consigned
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with near Earth objects this is because
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these near Earth objects have the
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potential of crossing the Earth Orit and
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colliding with our planet now let's talk
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about apop apice is one of this near
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Earth objects that will make it closest
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approach to Earth in 2029 since it is
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making it closest approach to our planet
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in 2029 scientist are now more concerned
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in study more about the asteroid
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astronomers first discovered apuse in
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2004 after his Discovery they began to
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make more research to learn more about
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the asteroid from their analysis they
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began to think that apus might coll in
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2029 this assumption caused a lot of
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fear among the scientific Community
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however further St is conducted after
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his Discovery revealed that apice will
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fly by Earth and will not collide with
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our planet so you don't have any reason
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to be scared however apice will still
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come very close to our planet during
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this flyby this near me is a wake up
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call to All Space agencies to be aware
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that Earth is not completely safe from
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an asteroid impact now what if APO
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changes its CA and collide with Earth if
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apish should collide with Edge it will
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cause a devastating impact on our planet
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its massive size and speed will cause an
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explosion that will be equal to hundreds
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of nuclear bombs cities will be
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destroyed and dust and rocks will be
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thrown into the atmosphere which will
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potentially block the sunlight for
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months now if the sunlight is eventually
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blocked crops will fail to grow Global
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temperature could also drop L to what
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scientists called impart winter however
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we should not be scared that any of this
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will happen because apies will just make
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a close flyby to Earth why the 2029
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flyby is not expected to result to an
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impact it is important that we aware of
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the impact of an asteroid collision with
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Earth so how do we protect Earth from
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future asteroid collusion scientists
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have been working on different ways to
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stop an asteroid from colliding with
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Earth this is called planetary defense
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the first step towards achieving this
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planetary defense is to find and track
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the asteroid different organizations
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have mounted telescopes across the world
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to help astronomers track asteroids that
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might collide with Earth NASA on its own
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has a special team called planetary
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defense coordination office this
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organization work with other country to
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prep for asteroid threats if we
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eventually find an asteroid that will
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collide with air there are different
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ways to stop it one method is to crash a
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spacecraft into the asteroid to change
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its path this unique method was tested
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in 2022 with NASA that mission during
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that mission a spacecraft hits with a
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small asteroid and change its obit the
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success of that mission shows that we
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can deploy the same method to protect a
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from future asteroid impact another
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Asteroid Defense method is to use a
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spacecraft as a gravity tractor to
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deploy this method effectively the
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spacecraft has to fly close to the
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asteroid then use its gravity to pull
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the asteroid to a safer part even though
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this method could take a longer time it
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could be effective for smaller asteroids
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if the asteroid is very big and close to
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Earth some scientists are suggesting
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using nuclear explosion to push the
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asteroid away however this method could
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be risky as it stand the chance of
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breaking the asteroid into smaller
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pieces which could impact Earth some
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scientists are suggesting using lassers
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or solar energy to heat one side of the
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asteroid the heat generated would create
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gas that will push the asteroid into the
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opposite direction this unique method is
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still being studied and yet to be tested
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however it shows a promising way of
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dealing with smaller asteroid threats
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astronomers still stand the chance of
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benefiting a lot from the forthcoming
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apus asteroid flyby in 2029 during that
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fly by they will learn more about its
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size shape and what it is made of the
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information obtained from the
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forthcoming flyby will help astronomers
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protect Earth from future asteroid
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impact the flyby is also AER that all
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countries need to work together to
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protect head from future asteroid
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threats we should all keep in mind that
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no country stand the chance of handling
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an asteroid threat alone so the areer
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will learn how to work together the
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better for us generally asteroids are
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part of the universe and they have been
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heating head for billions of years even
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though they contributed to the formation
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of our planet sometimes they bring
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destruction like the one that sent the
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dinosaurs into exension H we should all
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be at an alert as ause made the
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forthcoming fly by to Earth a this
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asteroid is not the only asteroid we
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should be worried about there are
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thousands of other near Earth objects
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that scientists are more concerned about
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some of these near Earth objects are
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smaller than apop whereas others are
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much larger the good news is that we are
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developing more Technologies to protect
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our planet from future asteroid impacts
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space agencies are also developing more
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Technologies to enable us track more
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near Earth objects in the future for
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examples new telescopes like verar Robin
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Observatory will help us to find more
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near Earth objects in the coming years
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another important part of planetary
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defense is planning how to respond to an
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asteroid threat scientists and
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governments have run several simulations
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to test their plans in this simulation
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they practice that an asteroid is going
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to hit Earth and plan on what to do this
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exercises help them to find the perfect
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problem in their plan and make further
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plans to improve they also raise
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awareness about the threat of an
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asteroid the idea of protecting Earth
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from an asteroid impact may sound like
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something from science fiction but it is
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very real in fact many movies and books
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have been made about astroid temper
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these stories often show the brave
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Heroes saving the world at the last
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minute where the pl defense against
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astroid might not be that just dramatic
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it is important it takes a lot of
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planning team work and an advanced
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technology to protect our planet against
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asteroids hence from the close flyby of
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apice asteroid in 2029 scientists will
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learn a better way to protect our planet
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