Asteroid Apophis close approach
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There are 939 days until Asteroid Apophis close approach, on Friday, 13 April 2029.
Asteroid Apophis passes about 38,011 km from Earth (0.1 lunar distances) at 21:46 UTC on 13 April 2029, according to JPL CNEOS close-approach data. It approaches at 7.4 km/s relative to Earth and has an absolute magnitude of 19.1, which suggests a diameter of 400 m to 900 m. Closer than geostationary satellites, and visible to the naked eye from Europe, Africa and western Asia. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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