Asteroid Apophis

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Caption:

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid's closest approach. The blue dots are the many man-made satellites that orbit our planet, and the pink represents the International Space Station.

Background Info:

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	99942 Apophis
System	Near Earth Objects
Target Type	Asteroid
Mission
Instrument Host
Host Type
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords	Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2019-04-29
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23195
Identifier	PIA23195