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Apr 13, 2022 · Exactly seven years from today—on April 13, 2029—the “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid” (PHA) called Apophis will pass inside the orbits of our geosynchronous satellites. That’s about 23,000...
Mar 5, 2024 · Apophis is a peanut-shaped, near-Earth asteroid leftover from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. It wobbles back and forth even while spinning on its axis and...
Feb 15, 2023 · Sept. 22, 2022. Apophis was discovered in 2004. After calculating its potential orbits, astronomers were startled to realize it had a 3% chance of hitting Earth in 2029. In a nod to its...
Sep 13, 2023 · Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, was once thought to be on a potential collision course with Earth. The near-Earth object is estimated to be about 1,100 feet (340 meters) and could cause...
Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says. The space agency rules out a 2068 threat to Earth from the "poster child for hazardous asteroids".
Oct 7, 2009 · PASADENA, Calif. -- Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036. The Apophis asteroid is approximately the size of two-and-a-half football fields.
May 31, 2022 · Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In. Clockwise from top left are three of the observatories that participated in a 2021 planetary defense exercise: NASA’s Goldstone planetary radar, the Mount Lemmon telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey, and NASA’s NEOWISE mission.
