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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.
2044 October 1 Occultation of Regulus by Venus. The last was on July 7, 1959, and the next will occur on October 21, 3187, although some sources claim it will occur on October 6, 2271. 2047 July A METI message called Teen Age Message sent from the 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar will arrive at its destination, 47 UMa. 2048 February 29
[7] [8] As of October 2024, it has a rating of −0.93. For a brief period in late December 2004, with an observation arc of 190 days, asteroid 99942 Apophis (then known only by its provisional designation 2004 MN 4) held the record for the highest Palermo scale value, with a value of 1.10 for a possible collision in the year 2029. [9]
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 ...
Asteroid 2020 VV risk corridor for the obsolete virtual impactor of 12 October 2033.. Sentry is an automated impact prediction system started in 2002 and operated by the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
April 13 – Asteroid 99942 Apophis, at 335 metres (1,100 feet) wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres (20,000 miles) from Earth's surface: closer than geosynchronous satellites. When discovered, it was considered a serious threat to Earth, but since then refined predictions have ruled out any impact risk for the next 100 years.
Ramses, or Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, is a proposed ESA mission to a near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis.If approved, it is expected to be launched in April 2028, to arrive at Apophis in February 2029, before its closest approach to Earth.
"Apophis will make two modestly close approaches to Earth in 2036, but current predictions suggest these will be no closer than 23m kilometres (60 times the distance to the moon)" 46.227.49.108 11:37, 10 July 2023 (UTC) The point is that Venus will come closer to Earth in 2036 than Apophis will. The orbit of Apophis is that well known.