Description: Asteroid Apophis - Where will you be on April 13, 2029?
April 13, 2029
Asteroid 99942 is otherwise known as Apophis, named after the Egyptian God of Chaos. It is about 1,200 feet / 370 meters wide and larger than 90% of all asteroids. It orbits the sun every 324 days and comes close to Earth roughly every 10 years.
Apophis was first discovered in 2004 and calculations showed that it could be on a collision course with Earth in 2029, 2036 or 2068. Astronomers gave a 2.7% chance of a direct hit. In 2021, NASA calculations refined its orbit, and minimized concerns of an earth strike, but new research partly revives the original concern.