Apophis Asteroid Nears Earth
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•Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth
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Apophis will pass within 19,000 miles ( 30,600 kilometers ) of Earth on Friday, 2029 .
The asteroid is almost as wide as the Empire State Building is tall and could be visible to the naked eye.
The odds of a dangerous asteroid strike are very low, but don't panic just yet.
The chances of a roughly 3-meter -wide asteroid hitting the asteroid are 1 in 2 billion .
Apophis is unlikely to live up to its fearsome name in 2029 by impacting Earth .
Plans are already being hatched to use spacecraft and satellites to rendezvous with the asteroid.
Other diversions range from the forceful, such as hitting an asteroid with a nuclear weapon, to the sublime.
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