Apophis - otherwise known as Asteroid 99942 - will pass close by Earth on Friday, visible by telescope for those looking out for its rare appearance. Named after the Egyptian god of chaos, the asteroid will be 0.11 astronomical units - roughly 93 million miles or 150 million kilometres - from the Earth, approximately 44 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Apophis is classified as an S-type, or stony-type asteroid, Nasa explains,.
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