... By admin May 20, 2013 Posted in: Comets and Asteroids . ... One asteroid with a suitably menacing name and an equally threatening demeanor is the asteroid 99942, Apophis, discovered in 2004.€а Named after the ancient Egyptian god€а of darkness and chaos, this asteroid€а sought fame as it had promised to live up to its name and plunge the Earth into turmoil as its orbit brought it straight in line with a head-on collision with the Earth in 2036. ... The new postponed doomsday date was April 13 th...