PIA23195: Asteroid Apophis
This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid's closest approach.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Product Size:  1220 x 700 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
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This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid's closest approach. The blue dots are the many man-made satellites that orbit our planet, and the pink represents the International Space Station.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2019-04-29