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Apophis 2029 movie storyline. Apophis 2029 follows the last days of a group of friends destined for the end and a President planning for the next chapter of civilization.
Apophis 2029 is an American csci-fi thriller film directed by Michele Civetta and starring Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Zach Avery, Bruce Dern, Frank Grillo, Keith David, Taryn Manning, Mark Boone Junior, Jessica Medina, Taegen Burns, Jay Hieron and Alexander Wraith. The screenplay, written by Alexander Felix and originally titled Where Angels Die, was included in the 2013 Black List.
About the 2029 passage of Apophis
The 2029 passage of Apophis not at all likely to destroy any of our satellites. In fact, the probability of any satellite damage is extremely close to zero, because of the details of Apophis’s trajectory.
According to the current estimates, Apophis will pass at minimum 30,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) away from Earth at closest approach. That will put it within the distance of our geosynchronous satellites, which nominally orbit 35,800 kilometers (22,300 miles) above the surface of the Earth. But—and this is a hugely important but—those satellites all orbit above Earth’s equator. Apophis will be coming in at an angle of 40 degrees relative to the plane of the equator.
When the asteroid is at geosynchronous distance from Earth, therefore, it will be at least 3,300 kilometers above our satellites. That is 10,000 times the diameter of the asteroid itself! It will miss by a huge margin. Even if Apophis is surrounded by a small rubble cloud, it will have no effect. Its tiny gravitational pull will have no meaningful effect. The close encounter be a great scientific opportunity to study Apophis and bounce radar off its surface. Earth’s gravity might cause landslides on the asteroid, which would be fascinating to observe. But our satellites are safe.
Some people have correctly noted that there will be another encounter with Apophis in 2036. Before the asteroid’s last pass in 2013, there was a modest concern that the 2029 encounter could shift its orbit onto a more dangerous path (that it would pass through the so-called “keyhole”).
Now it looks like Apophis will miss Earth by about 20 million kilometers in 2036. Looking at all of the future encounters going out to the year 2105, NASA now estimates that the total cumulative chance of impact with Earth is less than 1 in 100,000. No other encounter in the foreseeable future will bring Apophis even nearly back within range of our satellites.
Directed by: Jeffrey Schneider
Starring: Jeffrey Schneider, Nick Dent, Geno Romo, Taylor Vincelli, Bob Olin, Marzell Sampson, Angela Barajas, Heather Wakehouse, Miah Washburn, Joe Ghio, Nicolas Gregory Smith, Tammy Vallerga
Screenplay by: Abel Martinez Jr, Jeffrey Schneider
Production Design by: Luc Bernier
Cinematography by: Jeffrey Schneider
Film Editing by: Jeffrey Schneider
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Distributed by: Masch (Worldwide)
Release Date: December 30, 2024
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