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Anticipate 🎬 Apophis 2029

Mon Dec 30 2024 (in 15 days) | Rating: 6.054
#apophis2029

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will pass close enough to Earth, it will be below our satellites. It will dip below and pop back out.

December 15, 2024 at 1:08 AM

Reese Rideout

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November 16, 2024 at 9:55 PM

@ivojuri.bsky.social

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids! ☄️🌍 Scientists track space rocks, study impact risks, and test ways to deflect them. Missions like NASA’s DART and the Apophis 2029 study help us prepare for future threats. 🚀🔭

#AsteroidSafety #SpaceScience #PlanetProtection #DARTMission #Apophis2029

Detection & Assessment: If an asteroid with a potential impact threat is found, it is reported to the Minor Planet Center, and follow-up observations refine its orbit and impact probability. NASA’s Center for NEO Studies and ESA’s NEO Coordination Centre handle impact probability calculations.

International Response: The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) would issue alerts and coordinate notifications through the UN. Space agencies like NASA and ESA would inform their respective governments and emergency response agencies.

Mitigation & Deflection Planning: The Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) would assess response options, such as reconnaissance or deflection missions. A recommendation would be developed for decision-makers.

Preparedness Efforts: Even without an immediate threat, IAWN and SMPAG conduct regular meetings, asteroid observations, and impact response exercises with agencies like NASA, ESA, and FEMA. They test asteroid tracking, alert procedures, and response planning.

Deflection Strategies: Possible asteroid deflection methods include nuclear detonations (politically sensitive), ion-beam shepherds (not yet demonstrated), and kinetic impactors (e.g., NASA’s DART mission, tested in 2022).

Upcoming Events: The close flyby of asteroid Apophis in 2029 will provide a research opportunity. NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX mission will study Apophis post-flyby.

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/apophis/

February 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Reese Rideout

@reeserideout.bsky.social

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November 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM

A-Aron

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#Apophis2029

January 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM

David Mimoun

@moonnext.bsky.social

🚀🌍 Thread: ESA’s Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) will rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis during its extremely close flyby of Earth in April 2029. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe how a massive asteroid interacts with Earth’s gravity! #Apophis2029

October 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM

Waldo Grace

@waldograce.bsky.social

This is what NASA plans to do with enormous asteroid visiting Earth in 2029
#Apophis2029
#CHRON
https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/enormous-asteroid-destruction-earth-19454745.php

May 13, 2024 at 7:34 PM

JF_0x01

@jfreeg.bsky.social

Now Showing 🎬 Apophis 2029

Rating: 30.449 | Language: English
#apophis2029 #Science #Fiction #Drama

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will pass close enough to Earth, it will be below our satellites. It will dip below and pop back out.