Upvote for the stupid surfer part.

heart bubbles.... floating... around... my ... skull.... *sigh

Since 2006 we've know that there is almost no risk of this thing hitting us anymore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
"Additional observations of the trajectory of Apophis revealed the keyhole would likely be missed and on August 5, 2006 Apophis was lowered to a Level 0 on the Torino Scale. As of October 19, 2006, the impact probability for April 13, 2036, was calculated as 1 in 45,000. An additional impact date in 2037 was also identified; the impact probability for that encounter was calculated as 1 in 12.3 million."

Hmm, until I can do the calculations myself I'm going to say I don't really feel so sure... I'll live to find out though!

awww *dead from TOU violation

Invocations (dead) cannot be called by GeeSussFreeK because GeeSussFreeK is not privileged - sorry.

*dead

Might perhaps be replaced with a similar talk about Apophis on Fora TV. The clip is immediatly followed by this one.

Edit: Actually, nevermind that. A combination was sifted already.

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by radx.

Awarding kronosposeidon with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

*talks

Adding video to channels (Talks) - requested by kronosposeidon.

I want to add something to this comment. The estimates that celestial body will pass through the keyhole are 1 and 250,000. Not likely but still enough to warrant a good looking at. Perhaps when DeGrasse made this video it was still consensus that it was a 1 in 37 chance of passing into the Keyhole. That doesn't seem to be the case now. But that's not to say it can't happen, it's highly unlikely.

Astronomers have identified an asteroid named Apophis that was once estimated to have a 2.7% (1 in 37) chance of striking the earth in 2029. Further observations and revisions of the estimated path of the asteroid have resulted in an estimated 1 in 250,000 chance (0.0004%) of impact in 2036.[1][2] Apophis is estimated to be as large as 1,300 feet (400 m) across, and could cause millions of casualties if it were to hit Earth.[3] Astronomers think that Apophis will most likely miss a 2,000-foot (610 m) wide keyhole in 2029 which, if passed through, would cause it to hit Earth in 2036.[3]

On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits of geosynchronous communication satellites.[10] It will return for another close Earth approach in 2036.

Precovery observations from March 15, 2004 were identified on December 27, and an improved orbit was computed.[11] Radar astrometry further refined the orbit. The 2029 pass will actually be much closer than the first predictions, but the uncertainty is such that an impact is ruled out. Similarly, the pass on April 13, 2036 carries little risk of an impact.

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From a 2021 European Space Agency report- New observations of asteroid Apophis – thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068 – rule out any chance of impact for at least a century. After 17 years of observations and orbit analysis, ESA is removing the enormous asteroid from its Risk List.