Apophis 2029: Naked-eye asteroid flyby that will skim Earth
TL;DR
A 375-meter asteroid named Apophis will pass about 31,600 kilometers from Earth on 13 April 2029, closer than geostationary satellites and bright enough to be seen with the naked eye by up to two billion people across Europe, Africa and western Asia. It's a safe flyby with no collision risk for at least a century, and space agencies plan missions OSIRIS-APEX and Ramses to study the encounter and improve understanding of asteroid structure and planetary defence.
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