(NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has aslightly increased chanceof impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out. Not only that, but if the asteroid, which is namedApophisafter an Egyptian god resembling a snake...
—NASA can't wait for its OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft to meet 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis in 2029 The third concept involves a small satellite that will only briefly fly past Apophis when the asteroid is at its absolute closest to Earth, snapping images of the asteroid in the process. This...
Astronomersannouncedthat a potentially hazardous asteroid named for the Egyptian God of Chaos could make a close approach to Earth in 2068. Apophisis also scheduled to make a close approach to Earth muchin 2029. The chances of it colliding with Earth during this pass, however, are negligible. ...
(366 meters) across, will come within 20,000 miles (32,187 kilometers) of Earth in about 5 ½ years, which is closer than satellites that orbit our planet and 10 times nearer than the moon. The asteroid was named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness and is believed to be ...
(366 meters) across, will come within 20,000 miles (32,187 kilometers) of Earth in about 5 ½ years, which is closer than satellites that orbit our planet and 10 times nearer than the moon. The asteroid was named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness and is believed to be ...