[Flick Lives]

Fortunately, the asteroid will miss the Earth, but it will still make an uncomfortably close approach of 302,885 miles.

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That’s well outside the orbit of our own Moon. Not exactly a close call. Now if an asteroid were to park itself in the Lagrange Point between Earth and the Moon, that would be kind of interesting.

[Jed Eckert]

Now if an asteroid were to park itself in the Lagrange Point between Earth and the Moon, that would be kind of interesting.

Well I had to look that one up and yes that would be interesting.

Added that to my notebook right next to Roche Limit.

[FredZarguna]

On April 13, 2029 Apophis will make its closest approach to the Earth, at <0.1 ld - that's 38,300 km. It's 325 meters in diameter, which is large enough to do serious damage, and < 1 ld is close.