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Mission to Apophis
December 31 , 2023
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- NASA relaunched a mission to study the “God of Chaos” asteroid as it started coming closer to the orbit of Earth.
- Apophis, also called the “God of Chaos”, is likely to fly close to Earth on April 13, 2029, and will be only 20,000 miles away.
- The space rock, which measures nearly 370 yards across, approaches the Earth every 7,500 years.
- Bennu is the most prominent asteroid among them which has a 1/2700 chance of hitting Earth between 2175 and 2195.
- Dust and rock samples collected from Bennu were recently brought back to Earth by NASA.
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