Apophis in Earth fly past on Friday the 13th in 2029

The asteroid's proximity and size will add to it's brightness, so Apophis will capture eyeballs — about 2 billion people should be able to see it pass by.

Apophis stretches about 1,100 feet (340m) across and will pass within 19,000 miles (31,000km) of Earth. That might sound worrisome, but scientists say it will not hit Earth, this time. Scientists pinpointed Apophis' trajectory in 2029 to within a path just 7.4m (12 km) wide thousands of miles away from Earth. They can't rule out an impact decades in the future.