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Scientists at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences have recalculated the path of the asteroid Apophis, celestial body that has the potential to collide with Earth in 2029. The new data provide good news Russian experts, who calculates the odds of the asteroid hitting our planet are very small.

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Yarkovsky effect Navigate to Earth Orbit Asteroid.

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NASA is planning a "trip" more special on an asteroid that could threaten Earth in 2182. Asteroid 1999 RQ36 is targeted by a crew without a shuttle mission, which NASA plans to launch in 2016 a collection of rock samples from space. The shuttle’s return to Earth would take place in 2023.