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1·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。

2·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。

3·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。

4·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。

5·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。

6·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。

7·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。

8·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。

9·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。

10·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。