Apohis is set to whiz past Earth at a distance of 19,000 miles in 2029.
On April 13, 2029, a 1,110-foot-wide asteroid known as 99942 Apophis will speed past our planet at an estimated distance of around 19,000 miles, potentially coming closer to the surface than some orbiting spacecraft.
The reason that scientists are so excited about Apophis—which is named after an ancient Egyptian god of chaos—is that asteroids of this size rarely pass by Earth at such a close distance. On the day of the close approach, the asteroid will be visible to the naked eye, appearing like a moving star in the sky over the southern hemisphere. Beginning its journey above Australia, it will soar over the vast Atlantic Ocean in just an hour, before reaching the west coast of the United States in the early evening.
Since the rediscovery, scientists have been tracking Apophis closely, and now it is thought that the object has a less than a 1 in 100,000 chance of striking our planet many decades in the future.
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