• 99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 metres (1,480 ft) by 170 metres (560 ft)...
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  • Apepi (pharaoh) or Apophis (reigned c. 1580–1550 BC), a 15th-Dynasty Hyksos pharaoh 99942 Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid Apophis (Stargate), a Stargate...
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    spacecraft is planned to conduct a flyby of asteroid 99942 Apophis, renamed as OSIRIS-APEX (Apophis Explorer). OSIRIS-REx was launched on 8 September 2016...
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  • Special Olympics World Winter Games in Switzerland. April 13 – Asteroid 99942 Apophis, at 335 metres (1,100 feet) wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres...
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  • the RAMSES Mission to (99942) Apophis". arXiv:2309.00435 [astro-ph.EP]. "Introducing Ramses, ESA's mission to asteroid Apophis". www.esa.int. Retrieved...
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  • proposed a deflection mission to the 325-metre-wide (1,066 ft) asteroid 99942 Apophis, which at the time had been thought to pose a risk of collision with...
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    ˈfɒf/, Coptic: Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ, romanized: Aphōph) or Apophis (/ə.ˈpɒ.fɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις, romanized: Ápophis), is the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied...
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    Yarkovsky acceleration of the asteroid 99942 Apophis. The findings are relevant to asteroid impact avoidance as 99942 Apophis was thought to have a very small...
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  • post-apocalyptic near future, following the impact of the asteroid 99942 Apophis on Earth. Players take control of Nicholas Raine, a soldier put into...
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  • objects on the Torino Scale that have ever ranked higher are asteroids 99942 Apophis, which had a rating of 4 for four days in late 2004, the highest recorded...
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  • He won the H. C. Urey Prize in 1990. He co-discovered the asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously known as 2004 MN4). This asteroid will closely approach...
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    the case of 99942 Apophis, (152680) 1998 KJ9, (153814) 2001 WN5, and 367943 Duende) when the asteroid passes very close to Earth. * Apophis will only achieve...
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    Venus' quasi-satellite Earth Moon Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis) Earth trojan (2010 TK7) Earth-crosser asteroids Earth's quasi-satellites...
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    original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2009. "99942 Apophis (2004 MN4): Predicting Apophis' Earth Encounters in 2029 and 2036". Archived from the...
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  • 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4)". Retrieved July 10, 2023. "New Horizons Salutes Voyager"...
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  • in late December 2004, with an observation arc of 190 days, asteroid 99942 Apophis (then known only by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) held the record...
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  • research paper The Killer Asteroid 99942 Apophis, in which he calculated the probability for the asteroid Apophis to collide with a geosynchronous satellite...
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  • public interest when it became clear, in January 2005, that the asteroid 99942 Apophis would miss the Earth in 2029 but may go through one or another keyhole...
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    playing Apophis, a primary antagonist on Stargate SG-1. The majority of his work has been in television, including his role as the primary villain Apophis in...
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    planets that it passes can significantly alter its path. For instance, 99942 Apophis will approach Earth so closely in 2029 that it will get under the orbit...
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  • that he once served the Goa'uld Apophis as First Prime, the highest Jaffa rank. His interaction with Bra'tac (Apophis' former First Prime) and his own...
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  • (Rapid Apophis Mission for SEcurity and Safety), the proposed space mission by the European Space Agency to rendezvous with the asteroid 99942 Apophis Rameses...
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    differ from the historical symbols for the same bodies. The symbol for 99942 Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 2004 that attracted interest when...
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  • American astronomer best known for the co-discovery of near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis (formerly known as 2004 MN4) along with David J. Tholen and Fabrizio...
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  • and ending with a doom metal solo. The lyrics refer to the asteroid 99942 Apophis; which, at that time, was said to have a possibility of hitting the...
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    predictions of asteroid-Earth impacts, as illustrated by the object 99942 Apophis. In particular, optical observations measure where an object appears...
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  • was joined by 2004 VD17 at level 1 in November 2004, and then when 99942 Apophis – then known only by its provisional designation 2004 MN4 – was temporarily...
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  • Pluto 248.1 90,560 1.004 366.7 Moon 0.0748 27.32 days 0.0809 29.5306 99942 Apophis (near-Earth asteroid) 0.886 7.769 2,837.6 4 Vesta 3.629 1.380 504.0...
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  • the co-discovery of the near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis. He is a member of the IAU, and credited by the Minor Planet Center...
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    Bos, B. J. (6 November 2020). OSIRIS-REx at Apophis: Opportunity for an Extended Mission (PDF). Apophis T–9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science...
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