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  1. 2026-09-11 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-09-04)

    WHERE IS OSIRIS-APEX?
    - Barycentric speed: 26.00 km/s (+0.50 km/s)
    - Rendezvous with Apophis in: 952 days

    🪨 Relative to Apophis
    - Distance (km): 226,039,792.50 km (-9,376,969.39 km)
    - Distance (AU): 1.51 (-0.06)
    - Light travel time: 12 min 33.99 s (-31.28 s)

    🌎 Relative to Earth
    - Distance (km): 82,997,118.58 km (+3,285,426.32 km)
    - Distance (AU): 0.55 (+0.02)
    - Light travel time: 4 min 36.85 s (+10.96 s)

    #OSIRISAPEx #Apophis

  2. "'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby" by @LiveScience - Every continent except North America will have some nighttime hours with view of the near-Earth #asteroid #99942Apophis during its fly-by on April 13, 2029. Closest point will be 19,000mi/30,600km from Earth's surface, which is closer than geosynchronous satellites! livescience.com/space/asteroid #Apophis #NEA #NEO #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks