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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Chinese Researchers Consider Rockets to Defend Against Asteroids' data-article-id='5790'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13646'>Chinese researchers say they believe a group of rockets could be used to change the path of asteroids that might pass near Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='13646' data-end-time='25375'>A team at China&rsquo;s National Space Science Center carried out simulations on the proposed asteroid defense system.</span> <span data-start-time='25375' data-end-time='40583'>The scientists said their research suggests 23 rockets of China&rsquo;s biggest kind of rockets could force a large asteroid to change direction. </span> <span data-start-time='40583' data-end-time='52500'>They said the rockets could move the asteroid from its path by a distance of 1.4 times Earth&rsquo;s radius.</span> <span data-start-time='52500' data-end-time='68354'>Most experts agree that there is only a small likelihood that a large asteroid or other space object will crash into Earth and cause great destruction. </span> <span data-start-time='68354' data-end-time='76646'>However, many organizations do recognize the real risk of such an event.</span> <span data-start-time='76646' data-end-time='92583'>For example, the U.S. space agency NASA and its international partners continuously search the skies for what scientists call near-Earth objects (NEOs). </span> <span data-start-time='92583' data-end-time='103917'>Such objects include asteroids and comets that come within 50 million kilometers of Earth&rsquo;s orbit.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/C.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17806 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/what_is_a_rocket.wav'>What is a rocket?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a device used as an incendiary weapon or as a propelling unit'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/a_usually_wooden_pier_used_as_a_landing_place_or_moorage_for_boats.wav'><span>a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/a_loose_dress_or_blouse.wav'><span>a loose dress or blouse</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/a_device_used_as_an_incendiary_weapon_or_as_a_propelling_unit.wav'><span>a device used as an incendiary weapon or as a propelling unit</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/a_large_hawklike_bird_of_prey.wav'><span>a large hawklike bird of prey</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17807 data-hint-location='76646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/what_is_the_name_of_the_us_space_agency.wav'>What is the name of the U.S. space agency?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='NASA'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/nasa.wav'><span>NASA</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/visa.wav'><span>VISA</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/uefa.wav'><span>UEFA</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/mlb.wav'><span>MLB</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17808 data-hint-location='92583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/such_objects_include_asteroids_and_comets_that_come_within_50_million_kilometers_of_earths__blank_.wav'>Such objects include asteroids and comets that come within 50 million kilometers of Earths <span class='blank'>orbit</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='orbit'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/kangaroo.wav'><span>kangaroo</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/orbit.wav'><span>orbit</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/venus.wav'><span>Venus</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5211/mountains.wav'><span>mountains</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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