An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not mean Earth is not a hazard to it. When asteroid 99942 Apophis flies ...
The asteroid would be broken into smaller fragments ... Detail from Egyptian tomb showing great cat of Re killing the giant snake Apep (Apophis). (Credit: hemro/Shutterstock) ...
The event in Siberia, caused by asteroid C0WEPC5, highlighted the effectiveness of modern space monitoring in detecting and tracking near-Earth objects.