NASA has launched a mission to study the 'God of Chaos' asteroid

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: December 30 2023

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'God of Chaos' means 'God of chaos'.
This is an asteroid which will pass close to the Earth in the year 2029.
Recently, the American space agency NASA has again started a mission to study this asteroid.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has recently returned from deep space after collecting samples from the space rock 'Bennu'.
Its name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX.
It has now been sent to study the asteroid Apophis, which will pass very close to the Earth in 2029.
This asteroid will pass near Earth on April 13, 2029, from a distance of about 20,000 miles.

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NASA has launched a mission to study the 'God of Chaos' asteroid