Believe it or not, on Friday the 13th, in 2029, 99942 Apophis is scheduled to come within one-tenth of the distance the Earth is from the Moon. Some might say the date alone seems like somewhat of a bad omen.
Apophis is a mere 900 feet across but still weighs in excess of hundreds of thousands of tons; the crater that this mountain of rock would carve out if <b>it collided with Earth would destroy an area the size of Texas.</b>
