In Egyptian myth, Apophis was demons that cause destruction, to bring eternal darkness to the world.
A fitting name, according to the astronomers, for the chaos that will hit the Earth from space. The experts are looking at 390-meter sized asteroid discovered June 19, 2004 that have the potential to collide with the planet, and continue to remind the government to act.
NASA has estimated probability for this asteroid to hit Earth in the year 2036 will release more than 100,000 energy atomic bomb that was detonated at Hiroshima. Thousands of square kilometers would be directly destroyed Earth region but the whole Earth will experience as a result of the effects of dust flying into the atmosphere.
And, experts say, there is little time to make decisions. At a meeting for Near-Earth Objects (NEO) in London, scientists say may take several decades to design, test, and create the technology necessary to change the direction of the asteroid. Monica Grady, an expert in meteorites at the Open University, said: "This is not a question of when, or if, an object crashed into the Earth. Many of the smaller objects that hit Earth but was destroyed in the atmosphere and we did not suffer. But for NEO objects larger than 1 km (width) will hit Earth every few thousand years and a NEO is more than 6 miles would destroy the life of the Earth, every few million years. We are in for a great time.
Apophis asteroid is one that continuously under the supervision of NASA, because it has the potential to hit Earth. Apophis, also known as 2004 MN4 until late 2004 is still a possibility of a collision with the asteroid highest in 2029. But in early 2005 radar data showed a decrease possibilities. And a few months later, the possibility of a collision in 2036 also degenerate and eventually reach the ratio of 1:45000
A 13-year-old junior high school who managed to correct the Apophis asteroid collision calculations. Collisions which NASA originally estimated to rise 1:45000 comparison because Apophis is expected to hit one of the satellites that circle the Earth.
Nico Marquardt Calculations show on October 13, 2008, during a meeting nearest to Earth, Apophis would have the possibility of bumping into one of 40,000 existing satellite and orbit changes. The changes will take place again in 2029 as it approached the Earth because re Apophis is likely to experience a collision with a satellite. As a result, in 2036, during a meeting with Earth Apophis will hit Earth likely be 1:450 or a hundred times higher than expected NASA.
Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer from Queen's University said: "When he passed us on the 13th of April 2029, then in 2036 he would hit us."
(Illustration Apophis bumped into Earth in the year 2036)
Officially the NASA issued a news release about the possible collision of Apophis. The word also says that Nico Marquardt and NASA has reached an agreement, even NASA has admitted that there is an error in their calculations.
From the office of Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., stated that the NEO has never alter current estimates of the possible collision of Apophis. Apophis will still have a low chance of collision with the Earth which is 1: 45000 in the year 2036. Even NASA NEO Program especially from states, the researchers they had never made contact and correspondence with students.
In earlier reports, Nico Marquardt stated calculate the probability of collisions between asteroid Apophis with an artificial satellite during close encounter (meeting nearby) degan Earth in the year 2029.
Unfortunately, in the year 2029 when Apophis asteroid is approaching Earth, it will pass through the area near the main belt of geosynchronous satellites. In other words, the chance of a collision with an artificial satellite so far.
Therefore, consideration of the possibility of a collision with a satellite scenario still would not affect the probability of collisions that have been taken into account at this time, which is one in 45,000.
NASA's NEO program in particular, served to detect and trace asteroids and comets passing close to Earth. They will find and calculate the orbit traces the object to determine whether the incident was harmful to the Earth or not.
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