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A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASAs estimates on the chances of an asteroid coHiding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated, 德国一家报纸于本周二报道，德国一名13岁男孩发现并纠正了美国宇航局有关一颗小行星与地球相撞几率的计算错误。 Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam to calculate that there was a l in 450 chance that the Apophis asteroid will collide with Earth, the Potsdamer Neuerster Nachrichten reported. 据德国《《波茨坦最新资讯》报道，这个名叫尼科 马夸特的男孩根据波茨坦天体物理研究所天文望远镜获得的数据资料，计算出阿波菲斯行星撞击地球的几率为1/450，而非美国宇航局之前估算的1/45000。 NASA had previously estimated the chances at only l in 45,000 but told its sister organization, the European Space Agency , that the young whizzkid had got it right. 美国宇航局得知这一消息后，告知其 兄弟_机构欧洲航天局这个 神童 的计算结果是正确的。 The schoolboy took into consideration the risk ofApophis 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1 3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4万颗。 | 
