99942 Apophis
Close approaches
After the Minor Planet Center confirmed the June discovery of Apophis, an April 13, 2029 close approach was flagged by NASA's automatic Sentry system and NEODyS, a similar automatic program run by the University of Pisa and the University of Valladolid.

99942 Apophis

Section Title: Close approaches
Table Section Text: After the Minor Planet Center confirmed the June discovery of Apophis, an April 13, 2029 close approach was flagged by NASA's automatic Sentry system and NEODyS, a similar automatic program run by the University of Pisa and the University of Valladolid.

PHA	Date	Approach distance in lunar distances	Abs. mag (H)	Diameter (C) (m)	Ref (D)

Nominal(B)	Minimum	Maximum

(152680) 1998 KJ9	1914-12-31	0.606	0.604	0.608	19.4	279–900	data

(458732) 2011 MD5	1918-09-17	0.911	0.909	0.913	17.9	556–1795	data

(163132) 2002 CU11	1925-08-30	0.903	0.901	0.905	18.5	443–477	data

69230 Hermes	1937-10-30	1.926	1.926	1.927	17.5	700-900	data

69230 Hermes	1942-04-26	1.651	1.651	1.651	17.5	700-900	data

(27002) 1998 DV9	1975-01-31	1.762	1.761	1.762	18.1	507–1637	data

2002 NY40	2002-08-18	1.371	1.371	1.371	19.0	335–1082	data

2004 XP14	2006-07-03	1.125	1.125	1.125	19.3	292–942	data

2015 TB145	2015-10-31	1.266	1.266	1.266	20.0	620-690	data

(137108) 1999 AN10	2027-08-07	1.014	1.010	1.019	17.9	556–1793	data

(153814) 2001 WN5	2028-06-26	0.647	0.647	0.647	18.2	921–943	data

99942 Apophis	2029-04-13	0.0981	0.0963	0.1000	19.7	310–340	data

2017 MB1	2072-07-26	1.216	1.215	2.759	18.8	367–1186	data

2011 SM68	2072-10-17	1.875	1.865	1.886	19.6	254–820	data

(163132) 2002 CU11	2080-08-31	1.655	1.654	1.656	18.5	443–477	data

(416801) 1998 MZ	2116-11-26	1.068	1.068	1.069	19.2	305–986	data

(153201) 2000 WO107	2140-12-01	0.634	0.631	0.637	19.3	427–593	data

(276033) 2002 AJ129	2172-02-08	1.783	1.775	1.792	18.7	385–1242	data

(290772) 2005 VC	2198-05-05	1.951	1.791	2.134	17.6	638–2061	data

(A) This list includes near-Earth approaches of less than 2 lunar distances (LD) of objects with H brighter than 20. (B) Nominal geocentric distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object (Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km).

Sentence(s)

Apophis was 0.0963 AU from Earth.

final_sentence: Apophis was 0.0963 AU from Earth.