Asteroid
Apophis
Apophis is a near-Earth object on its own orbit around the Sun.
It passes inside the ring of geostationary satellites on 13 April 2029, and it will be visible to the naked eye from Europe and Africa.
See it live
Where it is right now is on the live 3D map.
Key facts
- Catalogue
- 99942 Apophis
- Diameter
- 0.34 km
- One lap of the Sun
- 324 days
- Closest to the Sun
- 0.75 au
How the map draws it
Drawn as a generic asteroid — the kind of thing, not this exact one.