An asteroid is a minor planet —an object larger than a meteoroid (thus 1 meter or larger) that is neither a planet nor an identified comet —that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids).
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A rare stargazing spectacle will unfold on Friday, , as the asteroid Apophis passes closer than satellites over Europe and Africa.
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will blaze across the sky in 2029
Asteroid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring called the asteroid belt. Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are known.
Brace yourself for a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic spectacle that sounds almost too unreal to believe: NASA has confirmed that the massive “God of Chaos” asteroid, known as Apophis, will streak ...
NASA says giant asteroid will skim closer to Earth than satellites - Yahoo
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