Excellent article as usual. That Apophis close approach to within GEO is insane. I wonder if there will be some sort of mission to it planned when it approaches - I doubt that a landing is possible due to the massive relative velocity, but when a simple satellite in GTO can get pictures of an interplanetary asteroid there has to be something to do for some good data/research.
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I would really hope they can try to intercept Apophis, maybe they can repurpose a satellite for a mission. At this stage I'm not aware of any plans to intercept it, but that could change. Best viewing seems to be Africa all the way up into Europe where it should be pretty easy to see with the naked eye - will look like a slow moving satellite.