Asteroid Apophis

[rdavidjohnson63]

Has anyone heard about Apophis?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4QocMxR2wOE

[Deane Clark]

It was pretty famous back when it was first discovered in 2004 for being a possible impact risk. Every now and then it pops up in the news when a better measurement of its orbit is made. Currently, it is not considered an impact risk for at least 100 years based on radar measurements made in 2021. But it will be a pretty cool thing to observe in April 2029 when it passes less than 20,000 miles from Earth!
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/a ... s/apophis/

[the_chemist]

Thanks for posting that link to the nasa asteroid site, that pretty cool.