@elizabethtasker@mastodon.online
2026-11-02 01:11 UTC
Asteroid Apophis will come within 32,000 km of Earth in April 2029. This is just 10% of the distance to the Moon. The asteroid will be visible with the naked eye (although still a relatively small dot), but won't actually hit the Earth.
https://cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/look-up-esa-and-jaxa-to-launch-the-ramses-mission-to-observe-apophis/
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@internic@mathstodon.xyz 2026-11-02 02:56
@elizabethtasker@mastodon.online Wow, that's inside GEO orbit!