Now Russian scientists estimate Apophis will collide with Earth on April 13, 2036.
现在俄罗斯科学家们预计阿波菲斯可能在2036年4月13号与地球相撞。
If Apophis did hit Earth, someone would get an extremely nasty headache indeed.
如果阿波菲斯撞击地球，恐怕有人真是要头疼万分了。
There is, according to the latest calculations, no danger from Apophis either.
根据最新的计算，阿波菲斯还没给我们带来什么危险。
The asteroid hurtled back into the news when Russia recently predicted 99942 Apophis may hit Earth on April 13, 2036.
当俄国最近又预测阿波菲斯99942可能于2036年4月13日撞击上地球时，该小行星再次引起媒体关注。
Scientists are confident it will miss, but Helfand said Apophis is a good reminder that killer asteroids are out there.
但赫尔方指出，“阿波菲斯”是个很好的例子，它提醒人们注意“杀手行星”的存在。
Even so, a private company has just unveiled plans to visit it, in case Apophis does decide to pop in on Earth sometime soon.
即使有这样的论断，一家私人公司已经公开发表了要访问这颗小行星的计划，以防止它哪天忽然要撞击地球。
"You have to be careful about moving asteroids around in space," he adds, lest a deflection inadvertently steer Apophis toward Earth.
“对于在太空中移动小行星，你必须万分小心，”他补充说，否则一偏转却可能无意中使阿波菲斯朝向地球。
Professor Leonid Sokolov of St. Petersburg State University remarked that 99942 Apophis would most likely disintegrate before hitting Earth.
圣彼得堡国家大学的李尔尼德·索科尔夫教授说，阿波菲斯99942更有可能在撞上地球之前就已经被击碎。
After further observations, the threat of an Apophis impact was lowered, and now the chance of the 270 meter space rock hitting us in 2029 is zero.
但是据进一步的观察，阿波菲斯小行星撞击地球的威胁程度评估被降低，现在的预测，这颗直径为270米的空间岩石在2029年撞击地球的可能性为零。
In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could smash into Earth in 2029.
在2004年的时候，美国航空航天局的科学家们宣布阿波菲斯这个比两个足球场还大的小行星，可能会在2029年撞击地球。
Online lookups for "99942 apophis" jumped sharply while "pictures of asteroids" and "apophis NASA report" also posted strong spikes in the Search box.
“阿波菲斯99942”的在线搜索率急剧上升，与此同时，“小行星图集”和“阿波菲斯国家航空和宇航局报告”在搜索框检索率也出现很强劲峰值。
The 13-year old made his discovery as part of a regional science competition for which he submitted a project entitled: "Apophis — The Killer Astroid."
马夸特的这个新发现来自他参加一项地区科学竞赛时提交的参赛项目，他的参赛项目名为“阿波菲斯——一颗杀手行星”。
The schoolboy took into consideration the risk of Apophis running into one or more of the 40,000 satellites orbiting Earth during its path close to the planet on April 13 2029.
因为他是将Apophis小行星随着在2029年四月13日靠近地球时和围绕一颗或多颗在地球旋转的4万颗卫星相撞的风险也考虑了进去。
The schoolboy took into consideration the risk of Apophis running into one or more of the 40, 000 satellites orbiting Earth during its path close to the planet on April 13 2029.
马夸特考虑到了阿波菲斯行星在2029年4月13日靠近地球时与一颗或多颗围绕地球运转的卫星相撞的可能性。目前地球周围的卫星达四万颗。
Those satellites travel at 3.07 kilometres a second (1.9 miles), at up to 35,880 kilometres above earth -- and the Apophis asteroid will pass by earth at a distance of 32,500 kilometres.
这些卫星位于地球上方3.588万公里，运行速度为每秒3.07公里，而阿波菲斯行星则预计将在距离地球3.25万公里的地方经过。
The keyhole is just 600 metres wide, and forthcoming data are expected to show Apophis will not pass through it, ruling out further possible collisions with the asteroid for the next 100 years.
这个锁眼仅仅由600米宽，大家期望即将得到的数据可以显示阿波菲斯将不会穿过它，并在将来的100年里，我们都不会与这颗小行星来一次亲密接触。
The Russian scientists are also hedging their bets. Professor Leonid Sokolov of St. Petersburg State University remarked that 99942 Apophis would most likely disintegrate before hitting Earth.
俄国科学家也在做以备万一的计划。圣彼得堡国家大学的李尔尼德·索科尔夫教授说，阿波菲斯99942更有可能在撞上地球之前就已经被击碎。
Professor Leonid Sokolov of the St Petersburg State University told the RiaNovosti website: ‘Apophis will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000-38,000 kilometres (per hour) on April 13, 2029.
圣彼得堡国立大学教授莱尼德·索科洛夫指出，“2029年4月13日时，“阿波菲斯”将以每小时3700到3800公里的时速接近地球。
The gravitational keyhole they mention is a precise region in space, only slightly larger than the asteroid itself, in which the effect of Earth's gravity is such that it could tweak Apophis' path.
他们提到的引力关键点是天文上的一个精确地带，仅仅微大于小行星本身，在那个点上地球引力的影响可以改变小行星运行的轨迹。
The gravitational keyhole they mention is a precise region in space, only slightly larger than the asteroid itself, in which the effect of Earth's gravity is such that it could tweak Apophis' path.
他们提到的引力关键点是天文上的一个精确地带，仅仅微大于小行星本身，在那个点上地球引力的影响可以改变小行星运行的轨迹。
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