If you think leap years are a nuisance, spare a thought for the poor people of Apophis as they struggle to prepare for the 2029 bug:
“Earth will perturb Apophis from an Aten-class orbit with a semi-major axis of 0.92 AU to an Apollo-class orbit with a semi-major axis of 1.1 AU.”
Greg Egan /
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2024-02-29 08:55:40
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