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Five years from tomorrow – on Friday, April 13, 2029 – a relatively large and extremely infamous asteroid named 99942 Apophis will zoom past Earth. It’ll be easily visible to the eye.
The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety mission, or Ramses for short, faces a race against time. It needs to launch in early 2028 in order to get up close with the infamous asteroid Apophis as ...
During that 2029 close approach, Apophis will be visible to observers on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere without the aid of a telescope or binoculars. It’s also an unprecedented opportunity for astronomers to get a close-up view of a solar system relic that is now just a scientific curiosity and not an immediate hazard to our planet.
In just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis, will pass within 30,000 miles (48,300 kilometers) of...
Apophis will get within around 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029. This is within the distance that geosynchronous satellites orbit and 10 times closer than...
This animation shows the path along Earth where Apophis will be visible on April 13, 2029. As the asteroid passes over the Atlantic ocean, its path briefly turns from red to grey – that is the moment of closest approach.
For a short time, it will be visible to the naked eye in clear, dark skies for about 2 billion people across much of Europe and Africa and parts of Asia. Apophis will miss Earth: astronomers...
On April 13, 2029 Apophis will be visible in the night sky to the naked eye at about 3rd-4th magnitude for several hours at closest approach for observers in western Europe and Africa.
Roughly 375 m across on average, Apophis will, for a short time, be closer to Earth than telecommunications satellites in geostationary orbit and visible in the night sky to the naked eye from parts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
At its closest approach on April 13, 2029, Apophis will be visible to the naked eye from Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia. The asteroid will be about three times dimmer than Polaris. That will make it visible from darker sites without any special equipment and from slightly brighter areas with binoculars.