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[Question] "Foresight" Wins First Prize in Apophis Asteroid Tagging Competition (2008)


Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Apophis is expected to flyby the Earth in 2029. However, this flyby will be more of a "fly-very-close" as the lump of rock will miss the Earth by only a few thousand kilometers.

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