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Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2029 Earth flyby
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Andrew Jones
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Multiple international space agencies are coordinating missions to observe the asteroid Apophis during its close Earth flyby in 2029. While initial fears of a collision have been debunked, the event serves as a rare scientific opportunity to study a near-Earth object.
Spacecraft will swarm asteroid Apophis during fateful 2029 Earth flyby Discovered in 2004 while traveling on an alarming potential collision course with our planet, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis is now better known as the best example yet of our world dodging a cosmic bullet.
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