{"id":33457,"date":"2020-11-12T05:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T05:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=33457"},"modified":"2020-11-12T05:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T05:21:30","slug":"massive-asteroid-apophis-may-hit-earth-in-2068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/massive-asteroid-apophis-may-hit-earth-in-2068\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Asteroid \u2018Apophis\u2019 may Hit Earth in 2068"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A massive asteroid named \u2018Apophis\u2019 expected to pass extremely close or may hit the Earth in 2068 due to a phenomenon called Yarkovsky effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) in the US, have announced the detection of Yarkovsky acceleration on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Port of Jingtang is an artificial deep-water international seaport on the coast of Tangshan Municipality, Hebei, in Northern China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is part of the Tangshan port complex, which consists of Jingtang, Caofedian and Fengnan ports. Combined, they constitute the 9th largest port in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jingtang port is located in Bohai bay (Bohai sea) close to the port of Tianjin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yarkovsky effect describes a small but significant force that affects the orbital motion of meteoroids and asteroids smaller than 30-40 kilometers in diameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is caused by sunlight; when these bodies heat up in the Sun, they eventually re-radiate the energy away as heat, which in turn creates a tiny thrust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive asteroid named \u2018Apophis\u2019 expected to pass extremely close or may hit the Earth in 2068 due to a phenomenon called Yarkovsky effect. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Researchers at University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) in the US, have announced the detection of Yarkovsky acceleration on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis. 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