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Asteroid Apophis to sweep close 3 years from tomorrow

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Asteroid Apophis to sweep close 3 years from tomorrow
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Orbit of asteroid Apophis (pink) in contrast to the orbit of Earth (blue), from the years 2028 to 2030. The yellow dot represents the sun. Apophis takes 323.6 days to orbit the sun. Earth takes 365.3 days. Thus this asteroid is a fairly frequent visitor to our region of space. Image via Phoenix7777/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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