Asteroid Apophis

Scientists are suggesting that there is a great possibility that in February of 2013 a 60-meter asteroid known as2012  DA14 will pass within 16,700 miles from Earth. That is closer then many geosynchronous satellites in orbit.
To avert a possible disaster some scientists are suggesting to confront the asteroid with paint or weapons. However, it could [...]

An asteroid the size of a small house will zoom past Earth on Monday evening, but don’t worry it is no threat to our planet astronomer say.
This asteroid is called 2011 MD and is 8 meters across, is going to be as close as 12,000km from Earth. This would make it over southern Atlantic Ocean [...]

Asteroid Apophis will come very close to earth in 2029 and possibly impact in the year 2036. That may seem like a long time from now, but it is just around the corner. Instead of worrying about 2012, start to worry that we don’t have a good program designed to track potential asteroid hazards. How [...]

Some Russian astronomers are recalculating Asteroid Apophis’s trajectory and now say that there is a strong possibility that it will slam into Earth on April 13th, 2036. The name Apophis was given to this asteroid, named after the Egyptian god Apep, aka “The Uncreator”.
Professor Leonid Sokolov of the Petersburg State University was quoted as saying, [...]

NASA predicts On Friday the 13th, April 2029 asteroid 99942 Apophis will be perilously close to earth and will be within range to wipe out geosynchronous satellites.
Quoting NASA:
The future for Apophis on Friday, April 13 of 2029 includes an approach to Earth no closer than 29,470 km (18,300 miles, or 5.6 [...]

NASA has commenced the countdown for its Dawn spacecraft’s brush with the behemoth asteroid Vesta, slated for less than a year from now.
Commencing next July, Dawn will orbit Vesta for a year, carrying a elaborate study and becoming the 1st spacecraft ever to orbit a body in the asteroid belt. Former missions have depicted us [...]

Astronomers have discovered a new asteroid in a region of Neptune’s orbit where no previous object was known to exist — a so-called gravitational “dead zone.”
The asteroid, which follows Neptune’s orbit around the sun, may help shed light on fundamental questions about planetary formation and migration.
The asteroid, classified as a Trojan, [...]

SUMMARY
Researchers at NASA/JPL, Caltech, and Arecibo Observatory have released the results of radar observations of the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis, along with an in-depth analysis of its motion. The research will affect how and when scientists measure, predict, or consider modifying the asteroid’s motion. The paper has been [...]

By MICHIO KAKU
Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian Space Agency, caught scientists off guard back in January when he called for a closed meeting of Russian
scientists to counter a killer asteroid headed our way. He said that a potential impact from the asteroid Apothis around 2036 could kill hundreds of [...]

Yesterday, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to bring the Hayabusa probe down to Earth in Australia, hopefully bringing bits of an asteroid down with it.

The probe visited asteroid 25143 Itokawa in 2005 and attempted to collect samples of dust and pebbles from the rock. Because [...]