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Asteroid 99942 Apophis has been ruled out of impact in 2029 or 2036 .
Canadian astronomer Paul Wiegert looked at the odds of a small object redirecting the asteroid towards Earth .
A relatively small object would be needed to redirect the asteroid into a trajectory that would put it on course for a later impact.
"The deflection of Apophis by a small asteroid onto a collision course with Earth in 2029 —in addition to being extremely unlikely—will most likely be quickly eliminated as a possibility by simple telescopic observations when Apophis returns to visibility in 2027 ," Wiegert concludes. The study is published in The Planetary Science Journal ..
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