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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Technically it could. The odds of it happening would be astronomical though.
There was a possibility (since ruled out) that Apophis could pass through a gravitational ‘keyhole’ that would line it up with earth 11 years later. It would need to have something alter its path due to gravity (unknown object large enough, super unlikely) or get bumped (even less likely). So in closing: it would need a force exerted on it that hasn’t been calculated. They don’t have a mistake on the track path.
The reason it’s highly unlikely is this: one day the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy are going to merge. When that time comes, it is likely no planets or stars collide.
Space is humongous big.
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Listening to a podcast there still is a slight concern as apparently it does a flyby near Venus in 2026, they're not sure if or how much it's gravity will effect it's path but be sure they'll be re-calculating.