This asteroid belongs to the Aten group, a class of near-Earth objects (NEOs) that orbit close to Earth. Fortunately, 2004 XG will miss our planet by 5.9 million kilometres, a distance considered ...

In terms of classification, Apophis was classified as an Aten-class asteroid, meaning its orbit crosses over with Earth's orbit around the Sun, but it spends most of its time inside it.

The asteroid is part of the Aten group, which is a group of asteroids that frequently intersect Earth's orbit. Also Read: Supergiant 610-ft asteroid will make a close flyby Earth on THIS date.