Apophis, the Space rock
The Space rock, which was spotted by Astrologers in the year 2004 .
Scientist gave the name Apophis to the name of the god of chaos in ancient Egyptian mythology.
This space rock is 300 meters wide and its height is around the height of Eiffel Tower.
Roughly, that’s about the size of three-,and-a-half football fields.
This Asteroid consist of rock and metal and the shape is that of a peanut.
Apophis has a complicated spin state; it’s sort of spinning ,and tumbling at the same time.
Recently, on March 5,2021 Apophis flew closely to Earth .
The next approach of Apophis a bit scary.
In the year 2029, 13 April, Apophis will re-visit Earth with extreme nearness and uncomfortable closeness.
Many consider it as a ‘Doom day’ they say the closeness to Earth will be pulled by Gravitational Force of Earth.
Scientists deny the fact of its strike on Earth.
Some Astrologers as well as Elon Musk say, ‘it will slam into the Earth that day’.
Their verdicts are on the extreme closeness and the gravitational pull of Earth.
In this year 13 April,2029, Apophis is going to fly back with the closeness of about 19,794 miles (31,860 kilometers).
Apophis will come so close to Earth that it will pass through the height particular which is the high-altitude where our satellites are placed.
Though, It is very rare for an asteroid of this vary size to pass so close to Earth.
On its 2029 flyby, Apophis will be visible first in the night sky over the southern hemisphere and it will look like a moving light moving from east to west over Australia.
Earth's gravitational pull may distort Apophis and cause it to crash on Earth , during the 2029 close approach.
Scientists have very vital questions for Planetary Defense experts is the extent to which the sun's radiation nudges Apophis' orbit.
That particular phenomenon, is known as ‘Yarkovsky effect’, which results from the temperature variation between the day and night sides of the asteroid.
The Yarkovsky effect causes an asteroid's orbit to be small.
Although scientists have pointed Apophis' cross over in 2029 to within a path just 7.4 miles (12 km) wide around thousands of miles away from Earth, they can't rule out possible impact’s decades in the future.
If an asteroid as large as Apophis did strike Earth, it would cause a huge amount of damage.
