NASA Launches Spacecraft To Intercept 'God Of Chaos' Asteroid As It Nears Earth's Orbit
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The asteroid Apophis also known as ''God of Chaos'' is expected to fly by Earth on April 13, 2029, from about only 20,000 miles away.
NASA has relaunched a mission to study the 'God of Chaos' asteroid as it begins to near Earth's orbit, New York Post reported. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that recently returned from deep space after collecting samples from the space rock Bennu has been renamed the OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer).
It has now been sent off to study the asteroid Apophis' extremely close flyby of Earth in 2029. The asteroid also known as ''God of Chaos'' is expected to fly by Earth on April 13, 2029, from about only 20,000 miles away. Scientists originally said there was about a 3% chance the asteroid would collide with Earth, but over the years they realized there would be no collision in 2029.
In 2021, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released an animated video depicting the orbital trajectory of asteroid Apophis as it zooms safely past Earth on April 13, 2029.
