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Apophis
ORBITS:
Sun
SMALL CELESTIAL BODY
Apophis. A journey of about 0.886 years around the Sun.
Discover Apophis in the small-body catalogue, with an orbital semi-major axis of about 0.922 astronomical units and a reported diameter of roughly 0.34 km, then explore its place in the Solar System on the SPACE-di interactive map.
naif:
20099942
Reference material: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory · NASA · 3D render credits
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