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The 370m-wide asteroid is potentially on a collision course with Earth – and NASA is unable to completely rule out a strike. The Apophis God of Chaos asteroid is named after the Ancient Egyptian god of evil, darkness and destruction. It is bigger than the Shard in London and impact could have major consequences. If the 27bn kilogram asteroid were to hit Earth, scientists calculate it would leave a crater more than a mile wide and a staggering 518 metres deep. However, most worryingly, the impact would be equivalent to 880million tons of TNT being detonated – 65,000 times as powerful as the nuclear bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima. When the space rock was first discovered in 2004, NASA was concerned that it would hit Earth in 2029, stating there was a 2.7 percent chance of impacting the planet. However, by studying its orbit of the Sun, the space agency was eventually able to effectively rule this impact out. But experts across the globe are still worried about a potential impact on April 12, 2068.NASA has also given Apophis a one in 150,000 chance of colliding in 2068.While the chances of the asteroid hitting Earth are slim, one expert warned it is more likely to strike than of a person being killed in an airplane crash. Bryan Walsh, author of the new book End ...
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