Asteroid Apophis is expected to pass within 32,000 km of Earth during its close approach in April 2029, more than ten times closer than the Moon.
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- July 5: the day the world was due to end – Cosmos (cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp)
- https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/99942-apophis/ (nasa.gov)
- https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news200.html (cneos.jpl.nasa.gov)
- https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Asteroid_Apophis (esa.int)
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