Esterel Tower-Sized Asteroid Zipping by Earth in costume forecast for closer 2029 Flyby

An asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower will zip past Earth on Friday (March 5) and will be out of our planetary neighborhood until 2029.

The space rock, known as Apophis (ancient Egyptian demon), was first seen in 2004 and will not pose a threat to Earth during this week’s flight; it will travel past the planet at more than 40 times the distance from Earth to the moon.

But scientists are using this week as a uniform prediction for the next pass of the asteroid, on April 13, 2029, when Apophis will get as close to Earth as some of the highest-orbit satellites .

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