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99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN 4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 metres (1,480 ft) by 170 metres (560 ft) in size, [3] that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability of 2.7% that it would hit Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029.
Apophis to make 2029 flyby to Earth. Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of our planet’s surface on April 13, 2029. ... It's hard to know just exactly what Apophis looks like, as ...
In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...
On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by.It will come closer to Earth than the ...
In April 2008, at the age of 13, he took part in the competition Jugend forscht with his research paper The Killer Asteroid 99942 Apophis, in which he calculated the probability for the asteroid Apophis to collide with a geosynchronous satellite and the consequences of this event to the likelihood of an Earth collision.
The close approach of the asteroid Apophis to the Earth and Moon on Friday, April 13, 2029. Ramses, or Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, is a proposed European Space Agency (ESA) mission to a near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis. If approved, it is expected to be launched in April 2028 and to arrive at Apophis in February 2029 before its ...
After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.
This is a list of alleged extraterrestrial beings that have been reported in close encounters, claimed or speculated to be associated with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) (not to be confused with the meaning of the term "alien species" in the biological science of ecology). [1]