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24-06-2024, 04:12 PM
Apophis will be coming within 32,000 kilometres of the Earth's surface, closer to our planet than some of our satellites.
The asteroid should be visible from the Eastern Hemisphere without the need for a telescope or binoculars.
And the European Space Agency (ESA) has dubbed its flyby "one of the rarest space events of our lives."
ESA explained in an X post: "The 2029 flyby is an incredibly rare event. By comparing impact craters across the Solar System with the sizes and orbits of all known asteroids, scientists believe that an asteroid as large as Apophis only comes this close to Earth once every 5,000 to 10,000 years."
https://www.unilad.com/technology/space/...1-20240621
The asteroid should be visible from the Eastern Hemisphere without the need for a telescope or binoculars.
And the European Space Agency (ESA) has dubbed its flyby "one of the rarest space events of our lives."
ESA explained in an X post: "The 2029 flyby is an incredibly rare event. By comparing impact craters across the Solar System with the sizes and orbits of all known asteroids, scientists believe that an asteroid as large as Apophis only comes this close to Earth once every 5,000 to 10,000 years."
https://www.unilad.com/technology/space/...1-20240621
