Science
A 300-Meter Long, Metal-Packed “Apophis” May Hit Earth in 48 Years – HYPEBEAST
Named after the “God of Chaos.”
48 years. That’s how many years it is estimated Earth has until the Apophis (God of chaos) asteroid is predicted to hit Earth. While it was first calculated that the Apophis asteroid would just miss our planet by a slim margin, new information has come in confirming a possibility for Apophis to collide with Earth.
This new calculation is largely due to scientists factoring in the Yarkovsky effect which essentially means that asteroids can actually speed up in space based on its chemical composition….
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