Meaning of Apophis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night.
   Egyptian
2. An asteroid that formerly had a high risk of collision with Earth.

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Examples

“The spacecraft’s navigators have worked out a trajectory that would take it to the asteroid Apophis in April 2029, just after that object, a bit smaller than Bennu, zips within an uncomfortably close but still safe 20,000 miles from Earth.”

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