Roughly a decade from now, a rather sizable space rock is going to have a very close encounter with Earth -- on Friday the 13th, no less. On April 13th, 2029, the asteroid known as Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of just 19,000 miles. For a bit of context, the Moon is somewhere between 225,000 and 252,000 miles away at any given time. Yeah, this is going to be one seriously close shave, but as Space.com reports it's going to be a day of celebration for scientists rather than fear, and t...
A huge asteroid will squeak by Earth in 2029, and you'll be able to see it without a telescope
BGR - 2 May 2019 05:07
Roughly a decade from now, a rather sizable space rock is going to have a very close encounter with Earth -- on Friday the 13th, no less. On April 13th, 2029, the asteroid known as Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of just 19,000 miles. For a bit of context, the Moon is somewhere between 225,000 and 252,000 miles away at any given time. Yeah, this is going to be one seriously close shave, but as Space.com reports it's going to be a day of celebration for scientists rather than fear, and t...
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