An asteroid named Apophis, after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, is reportedly picking up speed as it is heading towards Earth.The space rock is set to visit us in March.
Asteroid Apophis, also known as 99942 Apophis, was first discovered the asteroid in 2004 by researchers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.
They have been tracking it since then and predicted it will pass by Earth in 2068. It was initially believed the asteroid posed no threat to Earth. But that’s about to change.
Asteroid Apophis: What you need to know
No flyby in 2020
Experts and researchers with a sly sense of humour are asking why Apophis didn’t show up in 2020. The year has been a trainwreck so far and an asteroid impact would have made for a nice season finale.
after a massive meteor strike in siberia. that leveled millions of degrees across 800 square mile area. this afternoon, scheduled main event, asteroid coming closer to the earth than a lot of the satellites we rely on every day. phil keating watching the skies from miami tonight. this asteroid, is going away. on its way up. asteroid ga-14 is 55,000 miles from earth. moving away from us. not to return for decades. this asteroid came very close to earth. in fact, closest asteroid fly by in recorded history. 17,000 miles. the world astronomers were spot on predicting we would be fine from asteroid. no earth impact. not this thiam. as there are estimated 1 million space rocks near