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Jun 28, 2026Computing Apophis-Earth Close Encounter in 2029 Using NASA/JPL's SPICE Toolkit with Python
Introduction to the Apophis-Earth Encounter On April 13, 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis...
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Introduction to the Apophis-Earth Encounter On April 13, 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis...
China Takes the Lead in Asteroid Defense: A Practical Approach As the threat of asteroid...
Introduction Asteroid detection is a cornerstone of planetary defense and astronomical...
Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon 
A freshly discovered asteroid will pass unusually close to Earth soon, visible via amateur telescopes and livestreams, spotlighting detection challeng

A 260 km asteroid likely created the Moon’s largest crater, forcing scientists to rethink the scale of ancient lunar impacts.