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99942 Apophis Asteroid
May 4 , 2019
2033 days
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- 99942 Apophis is one of about 2,000 currently known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.
- It was discovered in 2004.
- It is a near earth object.
- Therefore, its orbit brings it near earth periodically.
- It has a probability of 2.7% to cruise by Earth on April 13, 2029.
- This probability has set record for the highest rating in Torino scale.
Torino Scale
- Torino scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets.
- It is on a scale of 0 to 10.
- More extraordinary events are indicated by a higher Torino Scale value.
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