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Asteroid Apophis has a Friday the 13th date with Earth
A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...
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Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid Apophis to pass closer to Earth than many satellites in 2029, NASA says
A potentially hazardous asteroid named Apophis will fly unusually close to Earth on April 13, 2029, but NASA says there is no risk of impact.
This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance ...
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Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...
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Asteroid Apophis to pass close in 2029, visible to the naked eye
Three years from now, on Friday, April 13, 2029, a chunk of rock roughly the size of a skyscraper will thread the gap between Earth and the ring of communications satellites orbiting above it. The ...
Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...
People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.
The asteroid has a mean diameter of 1,115 feet and was first discovered on June 19, 2004.
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