Snake god in ancient Egyptian religion.
1A horrifying simulation shows exactly what will happen if Apophis hits Earth.
2Instead, it's named Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death.
3By tradition, Isis, Apophis, and Osiris, are pictured making certain gestures or signs:
4And then you'll make trouble only for us, fighting against Apophis.
5Transcript Asteroid Apophis is something that is going to come really close to earth.
6In the ancient times, you were Ra's faithful lieutenant, defending his boat against Apophis.
7He protected the sun god's boat from the serpent Apophis.
8If Apophis was real too, I didn't fancy meeting him.
9I tried to imagine the serpent, Apophis- acreatureof chaos even worse than Set.
10The Egyptians thought Doomsday would come when Apophis ate the sun and destroyed all of Creation.
11It was also given the name 99942 Apophis.
12The Pharaoh of Joseph was probably Apophis III.
13Then I remembered how Bast had described her fight with Apophis: grappling with the enemy for eternity.
14One killer asteroid we've been monitoring is Apophis, which is large enough to fill the Rose Bowl.
15Even that four rating translates as Apophis being more than 97% likely to miss the Earth.
16That said, it's still probable that during the 2029 close encounter, Apophis would pass through a gravitational keyhole.