Apophis 2029 Flyby: Naked-Eye Close Encounter Near Earth

NASA says the 1,230-foot asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the God of Chaos, will skim within about 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029—closer than many satellites and bright enough to be seen with the naked eye—providing a historic opportunity for observation and planetary-defense research; there is no threat to Earth, and the asteroid will return in 2036 much farther away.