'God of Chaos' asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower will pass unnervingly ...

Scientists have already begun preparations for an asteroid flyby a decade away.

Asteroid Apophis, named for the serpentine Egyptian god of chaos (also known as Apep), will whizz past Earth on April 13, 2029 at a distance of just 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers) from the surface.

That’s as close as some of the satellites currently orbiting our planet, NASA notes.

While researchers have all but ruled out the possibility of the 1,115-foot (340-meter) object slamming into Earth, the close shave will present a unique opportunity to study an asteroid in detail; most others that come this close are much smaller.

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Asteroid Apophis (yellow dot), named for the serpentine Egyptian god of chaos, will whizz past Earth on April 13, 2029 at a distance of just 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers) from the surface. That’s as close as some of the satellites (blue dots) currently orbiting our planet

Asteroid Apophis (yellow dot), named for the serpentine Egyptian god of chaos, will whizz past Earth on April 13, 2029 at a distance of just 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers) from the surface. That’s as close as some of the satellites (blue dots) currently orbiting our planet

AT A GLANCE: 'GOD OF CHAOS' ASTEROID

Official name: 99942 Apophis

Next flyby: April 13, 2029 (closest approach 6 p.m. EDT)

Distance at closest approach: 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers)

Size: 340 meters (1,115 feet)

Risk of impact:  Researchers have all but ruled out the possibility of the 1,115-foot (340-meter) object slamming into Earth. Initial calculations put the chances of a 2029 collision at just 2.7 percent, and this has since been reduced to none. In the future, scientists estimate the risk sits at ‘less than 1 in 100,000 many decades from now.’

‘The Apophis close approach in 2029 will be an incredible opportunity for science,’ said Marina Brozović, a radar scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who works on radar observations of near-Earth objects (NEOs).

‘We’ll observe the asteroids with both optical and radar telescopes. With radar observations, we might be able to see surface

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