Fig. 1. The close encounter of Apophis with the Earth–Moon system (IMAGE)

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Fig. 1. The close encounter of Apophis with the Earth–Moon system

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Fig. 1. The close encounter of Apophis with the Earth–Moon system in 2029. The closest approach with Earth will happen at UT 21:46, 2029 April 13 at a geocentric distance of ~3.8 × 104 km, and the closest approach with the Moon will be about 19 h later at a lunar centric distance of ~9.6 × 104 km.

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