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What happens when a meteorite is
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What happens when a meteorite is

Apophis meteorite, 370m in diameter, can fall into the Pacific Ocean by 2036, having 65,000 times the impact of Hiroshima's atomic bomb.

December 17, 2018
Special points of Uranus
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Special points of Uranus

Uranus has a self-rotating axis that is almost parallel to the orbital plane and moves very slowly around the Sun.

December 17, 2018