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99942 Apophis On the News!
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Dana Whitfield
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Apophis countdown, 128 weeks to go: a Chinese student team wants a front-row seat
Apophis countdown, 129 weeks to go: yes, Ramses was 'activated', but only on the ground
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Apophis countdown, 128 weeks to go: a Chinese student team wants a front-row seat
This week's claim about the 2029 flyby, checked: Tsinghua's START mission is real, but Apophis is not "the most dangerous asteroid".
99942 Apophis On the News! · Dana Whitfield · 2026-10-31
Apophis countdown, 129 weeks to go: yes, Ramses was 'activated', but only on the ground
This week's claims about the 2029 flyby, checked against ESA and NASA: the spacecraft's first power-on, and why reports disagree on the miss distance.
99942 Apophis On the News! · Dana Whitfield · 2026-10-24
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