[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by MikeyB

See prior post here: Closest asteroid in recorded history

I thought that thread was about 2012 DA14...?

Also, according to wikipedia (sorry...), Apophis will peak at apparent magnitude 15.7 on 9/1/2013 so it won't be visible to the naked eye.
According to the same source it should be naked eye visible during the 2029 closest approach.