Apophis Flyby Of Earth Tonight

 Planetsave blog entry  advises of  "...close fly-by on Wednesday night researchers will have a good opportunity to learn more about the asteroid, getting a better idea of its future trajectory." You shouldn't worry about stepping outside as blog adds: "it [Apophis] probably won’t be visible with ‘backyard’ type telescopes." Another blog reports Apophis much bigger than previously thought here.  Are odds greater for Apophis striking Earth in 2036? Apophis is Greek name for evil god of death, destruction and chaos!  Is the name 99942 Apophis of significance? 

astronomers continue to monitor apophis

Astronomers are still interested in asteroid Apophis. The object of their infatuation will be observable for the next few months, according to an article at Universe Today, "...for three years, the asteroid’s orbit had it “hiding” behind the Sun, but it has now emerged...in 2012, Apophis will again become observable for approximately nine months. In 2013, the asteroid will pass close enough to Earth for ultraprecise radar signals to be bounced off its surface." The expected close encounter of 2029 and how it will affect the asteroid's orbit, remains a source of excitement. "On April 13, 2029, Apophis will come closer to Earth than the geosynchronous communications satellites that orbit Earth at an altitude of about 36,000 km (22,000 miles)." Measurements are too imprecise to make any judgment with certainty. There is the gravitational keyhole still in the back of many minds that "...Apophis would pass through a gravitational keyhole, a precise region in space no more than about 600 meters across,that would set up a future impact on April 13, 2036."

An extended program of monitoring Apophis is well-suited to condition minds for an inevitable asteroid impact. Wernher von Braun warned of a false enemies list that will be used to shepherd the world into a new order and a world religion. The enemies list is in chronological order: 1) Soviet Union, 2) terrorists, 3) asteroids and 4) aliens. A previous article on Apophis at this website is available here. Is the queue already lined up for our next catastrophe?

apophis: friday the 13th, 2036

Apophis, a menacing asteroid of uncertain orbit, is in the news again at Universe Today. Nancy Atkinson taken in by a RiaNovosti article headline, "Russian astronomers predict Apophis-Earth collision in 2036," finds upon further reading the chances for a collision are extremely slim at 1 in 250,000 on perhaps the unluckiest Friday the 13th.  Atkinson concludes, "...there is no new information or changes in understanding Apophis’ orbit.."  Apophis and the Near Earth Object Program bring an echo from the past of the warning made by rocket scientist Wehrner von Braun to Carol Rosin near the end of his life, in the 1970's. Von Braun warned of an agenda that would use any excuse to spend trillions of dollars on space weaponization. The rocket scientist included the Russians, terrorists, rogue states, asteroids and extraterrestrials in a false enemies list to justify putting weapons into orbit. There is certainly much discussion about deflecting the Apophis asteroid. It seems the agenda is going much as planned!