{"id":82223,"date":"2026-04-19T08:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82223"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:49:35","slug":"god-of-chaos-asteroid-will-be-once-in-a-lifetime-event-visible-to-the-naked-eye-and-closer-than-many-satellites-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/god-of-chaos-asteroid-will-be-once-in-a-lifetime-event-visible-to-the-naked-eye-and-closer-than-many-satellites-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018God Of Chaos\u2019 Asteroid Will Be Once-In-A-Lifetime Event Visible To The Naked Eye \u2014 And Closer Than Many Satellites: NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/2068-collision-devastating-asteroid-named-125898662.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of the asteroid Apophis in space, showing its irregular shape and craters.\" width=\"363\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth \u2014 and will come closer to our planet than any other rocks of its size in human history.<\/p>\n<p>The asteroid, named Apophis after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/asteroids\/god-of-chaos-asteroid-apophis-will-blaze-across-the-sky-on-april-13-2029-heres-why-this-once-in-a-lifetime-event-is-worth-traveling-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believed to span about 1,230 feet<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 even longer than the Eiffel Tower\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toureiffel.paris\/en\/the-monument\/key-figures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whopping 1,083-foot height<\/a>.\u00a0Dubbed the \u201cGod of chaos,\u201d the asteroid is on track to safely pass by Earth in a once-in-a-lifetime fly-by, lighting up the night sky visible to the naked eye on unlucky Friday, April 13, 2029,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/asteroids\/apophis\/\">according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1776588575\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"\u2018God Of Chaos\u2019 Asteroid Will Be Once-In-A-Lifetime Event Visible To The Naked Eye \u2014 And Closer Than Many Satellites: NASA\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post: A rare, colossal-sized asteroid is on course to fly by Earth \u2014 and will come closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82224,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82223\/revisions\/82224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}