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Hello I am Interstellaryeller I run a website called Astronomy and Pictures, A How To Guide for Telescope Set Up and Digital Astrohotography. It is geared towards beginning astronomers and I hope they find it helpful. So when your done here feel free to stop by. Have a great day.

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Asteroid Apophis 2004MN4 will come within 29000 km/ 18000 mi of striking the Earth in 2029 this asteroid will come inside the orbits of most of are major satellites. This asteriod is the size of 3 football fields and if it hits a 400km gravitational keyhole as it sling shots aroung us then it will return in 2036 for a possible impact. Its path is also well inside the path of our geostationary satellites which orbit at 22,000 mi. If it should hit one or more of these satellite the possibility of a impact may go even higher.