NASA wants fleet of spacecraft to watch infamous Apophis asteroid approach Earth: report

[Admin]

The Apophis asteroid, recently cleared of imminent wrongdoing to Earth, already has one spacecraft visitor expected. NASA wants industry to send more.

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[josh]

Why isn't the distance this astroid will pass earth at? Seems like we are told about potential dangerous all the time and they are at like 7 lunar distances. Yet this one which is supposed to come closer than many satellites orbit is never given a distance. Personal I think when this astroid comes through it's going to cause a cascade of falling satellites.

 

[Wolfshadw]

In the video clip, it states:

At closest approach, it will be about 19,000 miles (31000 Kilometers) above Earth's surface, within satellite orbits.

-Wolf sends