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How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
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Cornell Trio Elected to Prestigious Arts and Sciences Academy

Professors Peng Chen, Timothy A. Ryan, M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’89, and Mariana Wolfner ’74 have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 24.They are among 250 new members of the academy, who are being recogni

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How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029.

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An asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth, and scientists are excited

Apophis will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers), 10 times closer than the Moon

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Chen, Wolfner, Ryan elected to arts and sciences academy

Professors Peng Chen, Mariana Wolfner ’74 and Timothy A. Ryan, M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’89, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 24.

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