Friday the 13th, 2029
The time is 4:36 Am Greenwich Mean Time on Friday the 13th of April 2029. A 25 million ton space rock called 99942 could possibly hit Earth which, if happens, could pack the explosive energy of 65,000 Hiroshima bombs. If an impact were to occure, this 820 foot asteroid popularly named Apophis could create an 800 foot tsunami which could you know, cause a lot of pain and destruction to the world.
Asteroid Apophis was named after the encient Egyptian God of destruction and darkness and on that Friday the 13th, a fews hours after into the night people all across Europe, Western Asia and Africa will look into the heavens and see what looks to be a bright star slowly making its way towards the west through the cancer constellation. Asteroid Apophis will be the first documented asteroid in the history of humanity to be clearly seen by the naked eye.
The question to be asked is, will Asteroid Apophis be more then a bright star in the sky?
According to scientists, if asteroid apophis passes through a “gravitational keyhole” of a distance of 18,893 miles, there is a possibility that the Earth’s gravitation could pull on the asteroid just enough where when it comes by on April 13th, 2036, it could actually impact the earth.
If in 2029, asteroid apophis does infact go through this gravitational keyhole, then we would have seven years to figure out a way to deflect the asteroid 5,000 miles, enough to just miss planet earth.
Well, have a good rest of the day!