janggolan<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/OSIRIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSIRIS</span></a>-APEX mission sets off for new <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> target... <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/world/osiris-apophis-mission-scn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/09/25/world/osiri</span><span class="invisible">s-apophis-mission-scn</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Apophis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apophis</span></a>, a space rock roughly 1,200 feet (366 meters) across, will come within 20,000 miles (32,187 kilometers) of Earth in about 5 ½ years, which is closer than satellites that orbit our planet and 10 times nearer than the moon. The asteroid was named for the Egyptian god of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkness</span></a> and is believed to be shaped like a <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/peanut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peanut</span></a>.</p>