Asteroid Apophis will safely pass just 32,000 kilometres from Earth on April 13, 2029, marking a once-in-7,000-year cosmic event. The European Space Agency’s RAMSES mission will closely observe the 340-metre asteroid and deploy a CubeSat carrying a German-built magnetometer to study its surface.
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