What? Has it been five years already?
As reported by AOL – – An asteroid the size of a 25-story building will come within 18,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029 — closer than the communication satellites that orbit the planet, Discovery.com reported.
This particular asteroid has become a bit of a joke among Stargate fans. When it was discovered in June of 2004, it was given the name “Apophis”. At the time, it was predicted that there was 2.7 percent chance that the asteroid would do what it’s namesake failed to accomplish, and hit Earth in 2029. Later it was said the chance is even less. Now that he’s back in the news, it is said that Apophis has only a 1 on in 45,000 chance of colliding with Earth, but it will then be back for another shot seven years after that.
Interestingly, astronomers aren’t able to determine what kind of threat Apophis will pose when it passes by us in 2036 because its orbit will be bent by gravity during its 2029 flyby, Discovery reported.
Surely Stargate fan’s aren’t worried though, right? Well, we’ll know for sure in 20 years! ; )
Find AOL’s full article on our old buddy Apophis here.
Read Discovery.com’s full report here.
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