IS APOPHIS WORMWOOD?
RETURN OF
THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS
Size of Impact
Crater Comparison Study
by Luis B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
www.PostScripts.org
‘I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds’. -J.
Robert Oppenheimer
The purpose of this study is to consider if the Asteroid
that is named Apophis is the Biblical one that is
attributed to being Wormwood as some Bible Study
Scholars purport, possibly. This Asteroid, if it will be
Wormwood, is to fly-by the Earth on the proverbial
Friday the 13th in April of 2029. If so, this would be
in line with how some who study the End Times suggest a
timeline of Fall 2026 to Fall 2033 to be the Tribulation
Period. And thus, such a Celestial Event could be seen
as an Astronomical Climax of sorts. However, others are
suggesting now that a possible start of the Tribulation
Period is to start in 2029 because of this precise
Apophis flyby in 2029. The argument is that the Apophis
Asteroid would come by at the start of the 7-year last
Sabbatical Cycle known as Daniel’s 70th Week of Years,
etc. And thus, it would suggest then a midpoint of the
Tribulation Period to be around 2030 to end then in
2033.
For the purposes of this study, the occult inferences to
the Name and Number of the Asteroid will be considered.
It will be suggested that the Asteroid is a prelude and
a serious one in terms of Biblical Prophecy, but not the
Wormwood event. And that in fact there are 2 Asteroid
events that are to collide with Earth, one hitting the
Ocean, and the other one hitting the Land. Then a
Mathematical Ratio comparison to Impact Craters will be
made to see its potential fallout and devastation. This
will be made based on the size of the purported
Asteroid. This is supposing that the Asteroid does hit
Earth, which is unknown at this time with 100%
certainty. Will it hit a populated metropolitan center
or the ocean? This could or would make all the
difference. At this point in time, the NASA
instrumentation of tracking such Near Earth Objects,
NEOs, is determining that the precise trajectory of
Apophis will not be hitting the Earth.
In terms of definitions, what is an Asteroid? And what
is the difference between that and Meteorites? Asteroids
are small, rocky objects in the Solar System that orbit
the Sun. Most Asteroids come from the main Asteroid
Belt. This is the region between the orbits of Mars and
Jupiter. It is believed that in the ancient past, a
planet was in this orbit that got obliterated by a
collision and the Asteroid Belt resulted in the debris.
Asteroids are found also in the orbital paths of
planets. This is due to Gravitational Pulls. This is
where it can become dangerous as Asteroids would then
collide with Earth. Evidence shows that the Solar System
is full of such instances where there have been Asteroid
Impacts to show such collisions did in fact occur. The
evidence is the Impact Craters they leave behind. This
can be seen on Mars, the Moon, and on Earth. Asteroids
are basically large rocks in Space and can have jagged
and have thus irregular shapes and sizes.
The Basics
Some Asteroids are 100s of miles in diameter, but
many more are as small as pebbles. Most Asteroids are
made of different kinds of rocks, but some have clays or
metals, such as Nickel and Iron in the mix. According to
NASA, a Meteor, as opposed to an Asteroid, are those
that are all related to the flashes of light called
‘Shooting Stars’ once an Asteroid penetrates the Earth’s
Atmosphere. They are seen streaking across the sky and
range in size from Dust Grains to small Asteroids. So,
the main difference is the size and that when an
Asteroid does enter Earth’s Atmosphere at high speed and
burn up, the Fireballs or are called Meteors. When a
Meteoroid survives the penetration through the
atmosphere and hits the Earth, it is called a Meteorite.
Here is the deal, Asteroids have ‘hit’ the Earth since
recorded time. Meteorites hit the Earth on a daily basis
as the Earth travels through various types of debris
fields. So, this particular Asteroid Apophis is no
exception. NASA has the Near Earth Object NEO tracking
System that attempts to identify Near Earth Objects; but
that is an overwhelming task. It is believed that only a
small fraction of such NEO’s are being tracked. In the
recent decades, there have also been some near misses.
Most, however, up to this point have been ‘close’ but
only within the distance between Earth and the Moon.
This is still a significant distance and a ‘close shave’
in Astronomical terms. What is to be taken seriously is
the projected nearness, if true, that this Apophis will
get as close as the myriad of Satellites roaming just
above the Earth’s Atmosphere.
It was discovered on June 19, 2004 by Tucker, Tholen and
Bernardi. They were stationed in the Kitt Peak
Observatory in the Tucson Desert of Arizona, the USA.
Initially the Name given to it was 2004 MN-4. However,
once the orbit was initially calculated, in June of 2005
it was changed to the Number, 99942. It was called
Apophis, after the Greek mythological name of the
Egyptian God, Apep, the Nemesis of the Sun God Ra. It is
rather curious why the Number 999 was chosen as that is
inversion of the infamous 666 Mark of the Beast. Perhaps
it was just the Number next in line using that sequence.
The Name Apep is considered the ‘Lord of the Dead’ or
Underworld. He is the evil Serpent or ‘Red Dragon’ that
dwells in the Dark Abyss the Egyptians called the Duat.
Others would attribute this to Leviathan. He seeks to
devour the Sun or Ra in its daily voyage given its
Circuit, etc.
So, this is when the variables do start to get
interesting and ‘Apocalyptic’ at least in inference. It
is reported that 2 of the discoverers were fans of the
TV series, Stargate SG-1 and named the Asteroid after
one of the characters, Apophis. He is the entity or
‘God’ that threatened the early existence of Humanity on
Earth. Thus, it seems that such an Asteroid is keenly
identified as such, if it would be a ‘Killer Planet’
Asteroid, which this Researcher is not convinced of,
thus far. However, the Ancient Alien storyline and
inference is canny to the Biblical Narrative, if
unbeknownst to them. In the Alien backstory, it is
believed that this same Apophis was a ‘God’ that ruled
Earth in ‘Ancient Times’ before the Adamic Race was
created. This is exactly what the Bible alludes to in
the person of Lucifer, who like Apophis is called the
‘God of this World’. He is referred to as the ‘Ancient
Serpent, the Devil’ and from the Old Testament.
Impact
Crater Comparison
One has glimpses of how Lucifer ‘walked in the midst
of the Garden of Eden’, as depicted in the Egyptian art.
The ancient Apophis motif appears to overlap with that
of what is coming for sure, given the prophecies of the
book of Revelation. The danger, one would acknowledge is
that at that distance, being at the same orbits as
Satellites, there is the potential for the Gravity of
Earth to lock-in the Asteroid and bring it down to
Earth. That will depend. It could happen. The other
apprehension about this Apophis being Wormwood is that
it does not clearly fit the prophetic parameters of what
surely is to take place. Apophis in terms of size alone
is nowhere near the size of a ‘Blazing Mountain’ or a
Shining Star. Apophis is estimated to be a ‘big’
Asteroid, larger than most, true. If it does hit the
Earth, it would cause damage but nowhere near the
cataclysmic scale that the book of Revelation describes
will be worldwide. Such events are projected to affect
at least .33 of several variables worldwide: Ocean,
Ships, Fish Life, Land, Rivers, Water and People.
This alone would range not in the millions but billions
of People being affected. Apophis is only estimated to
be around 1210-1350 feet long or 370-450 meters. For
comparative size, the Asteroid would be as tall as the
Empire State building. Or it could be compared to about
4 U.S. Football Fields long or about 5 Soccer Fields
long. So, the question remains, how much damage could
such an Asteroid of this size cause? As mentioned, NEO’s
or Asteroids, becoming Meteors or ‘Shotting Stars’ occur
daily on Earth. Most are burned up as they enter the
Earth’s Atmosphere that serves as a ‘Shield’. The
question is, will this Asteroid be burned-up even before
it hits Earth. What if portions are burned-up and will
that mitigate the potential impact? For a base
comparison, a known Impact Crater, the Meteor Crater in
Arizona will be used to compare. Based on the impact
size and depth, it has been calculated that the
‘Impactor’ diameter was to have been only 160 feet long
or 50 meters causing the Impact Crater to be 560 feet
deep.
For the Impact Crater Mathematical Ratio Comparison, the
.7 miles across well-known and famous ‘Mile’ Meteor
Crater is considered. This famous Meteor Crater is about
18 miles or 29 km outside Flagstaff, Arizona in the USA.
This nearly mile wide Impact Crater is thus 3,900 feet
in diameter or 1,200 meters. The depth of the Impact
Crater is 560 feet deep or 170 meters deep. It is
acknowledged that Apophis would be the largest known
Asteroid to ever come this close to Earth. If it will
have a direct landmass impact, based on a Mathematical
Proportion formula, the Impact Crater could have the
following calculation of how wide the Impact Crater
would be. In essence, at worst, this Apophis Asteroid
would be a ‘City Killer’. And this is if it hits a
densely populated area. Apophis’ Impact Crater would be
5 miles across and 2,800 feet deep. This would be
considered a ‘small’ Asteroid in comparison to the top
10 Asteroids that have already hit Earth.
Meteor
Crater
Apophis
160 feet wide
Impactor
=
~1200 feet wide
3,900 feet wide Impact
Crater
X
560 feet deep
2,800 feet deep
160X = 4,680,000
X = 29,250 feet wide/diameter Impact Crater or ~9000
meters = ~5 miles wide / ~8 km
Collision
Consequences
If Apophis does hit the Earth, and a densely
populated area like Washington D.C., the Impact Crater
size would be about as big as the entire breadth of the
core Washington D.C. Mall from the Lincoln Monument to
just beyond the Robert Kennedy Stadium. With the amount
of Impact Energy, this would amount to a Nuclear
detonation of the Russian Czar Bomba. This would be just
over a 50 MT Nuclear Detonation that would take out an
entire city. The blast would be felt at least 500
miles/800 km from Washington D.C., as far as
Indianapolis where windows would shatter due to the
Shockwave. Aside from the core Impact Crater of about 5
miles wide/8 km, a subsequent area of the Greater D.C.
up to 20 miles/32 km would all be flattened. At the 40
mile range/64 km, there would still be significant
infrastructure damage and severe injuries to People.
It would be estimated that around 2.5 million People
would die instantaneously due to the fireball. And
another 1.3 million People would suffer significant
bodily injuries as far as the 40 mile/64 km radius. This
would range from blindness; 3rd degree burns and/or
organ damage/bleeding, etc. Thus, based on this
mathematical ratio comparison, Apophis is a significant
Asteroid to consider the potential damage and loss of
life, but it is nowhere near the catastrophe depicted in
the Book of Revelation where it is to affect .33 of the
planet in various forms if it were to hit the Earth. The
following are some specifics based on the NukeMap
Computer Model of such detonation’s effects.
Heavy blast damage radius (20 psi): 5 miles / 8 km.
At 20 psi overpressure, heavily built concrete
buildings are severely damaged or demolished;
fatalities approach 100%.Often used as a benchmark for
heavy damage in cities. The optimum height of burst to
maximize this effect is 3 miles / 6 km.
Moderate blast damage radius (5 psi): 12 miles / 20 km
At 5 psi overpressure, most residential buildings
collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are
widespread. The chances of a fire starting in
commercial and residential damage are high, and
buildings so damaged are at high risk of spreading
fire. Often used as a benchmark for moderate damage in
cities. The optimum height of burst to maximize this
effect is 7 miles / 11 km.
Light blast damage radius (1 psi): 54.3 km (9,270 km²)
At around 1 psi overpressure, glass windows can be
expected to break. This can cause many injuries in a
surrounding population who comes to a window after
seeing the flash of an Asteroid explosion of this
size, which travels faster than the Pressure Wave. The
explosion is often used as a benchmark for light
damage in cities. The optimal height of the burst to
maximize this effect is 10 miles / 17.2 km high.
Thus, if this Apophis Asteroid were to hit the Earth, it
would take out a major city if it hit a densely
populated area like Washington D.C. The surrounding area
of infrastructure to the 40 mile marker/64 km would be
destroyed. However, by contrast if the Asteroid hits the
ocean or a remote desert area like Meteor Crater in
Arizona, then the damage and life lost would be near 0.
Thus, obviously, the damage and life loss at its maximum
level would not even approach the billions that the 2
coming Asteroids will be causing.
Time
Specific
It is not a matter of if but when an Asteroid will
hit Earth. The mathematical probability is significant.
And as prior impacts are evident across the globe, it is
just a matter of time. However, Apophis will be at best
just a ‘City Killer with about ~3 million total
casualties but not in terms of .33 percent of the
Earth’s being affected and where potentially billions
will suffer either death or damage. It has been said
that there is no ‘Average Thermonuclear Bomb’ and thus
no ‘Average Asteroid’ to play life-and-death with. One
is sure it would not be ‘Average’ though if one is
unfortunate to live in such a city that would be
destroyed. Consider that thus far, there have been over
3000 such man-made Thermonuclear Weapon Detonations
set-off on Earth. The yields have ranged from 100 KT all
the way up to the Czar Bomba at 50 MT. But what is worse
than an Asteroid is the Radiation that they all have
produced around the World.
For comparison to an Asteroid Impact Crater of 5 miles
that Apophis would make, a 1 MT Nuclear Weapon detonated
at the surface will make a crater about .5 mile or .8 km
in diameter and 200 feet or 60 meters deep. If detonated
in the air it would most likely not make an Impact
Crater at all. The point is that the initial Nuclear
Detonations were small in comparison to what is possible
now. For example, the Sedan Nuclear Test in 1962 left an
Impact Crater of about 300 feet/100 meters deep with a
diameter of ~1250 feet or 390 meters. Albeit it was a
Hydrogen Bomb with a yield of 104 KT placed 640 feet or
194 meters below ground. The blast moved 11,000,000 tons
of Earth. The Sedan shot spread Radiation Fallout from
Nevada to as far away as Iowa and Illinois. It accounted
for 7% of the Radiation released from all Nuclear Tests
in the United States up to that point.
Then there was the Castle Bravo Nuclear Test that was a
near Nuclear Disaster. The Detonation had twice the
expected yield and exposed thousands of People, Flora
and Fauna to dangerous levels of Radioactivity. The site
was uninhabitable until 1980. What about Wormwood?
Revelation is outlined by a 7-7-7 Judgment that unfolds
like an onion. They are the 7 Seals, the 7 Trumpets and
then the 7 Bowl Judgments. The last Trumpet unleashes
the Trumpets and the 7th Trumpet unleashes the Bowl
Judgments, etc. The following is 1 interpretation of
Revelation and how Wormwood comes into play. There are
to be 2 Asteroids to hit the Earth, 1 in the Ocean, then
a 2nd one in the Earth. Wormwood would be the 2nd one in
fact. Most believe that due to how the book is set-up
and interpreted, the Bowls, for example, mirror or
reiterate the Trumpets. One does not believe this to be
the case.
Asteroid #1:
Revelation 8:8 The 2nd Angel sounded his Trumpet,
and something like a huge Mountain, all ablaze, was
thrown into the sea. A .33 of the sea turned into
Blood, 9 a .33 of the Living Creatures in the sea
died, and a .33 of the ships were destroyed.
Asteroid #2
Revelation 8:10 The 3rd Angel sounded his
Trumpet, and a Great Star, blazing like a Torch, fell
from the sky on a .33 of the rivers and on the springs
of water— 11 the name of the Star is Wormwood. A
.33 of the waters turned bitter, and many people died
from the waters that had become bitter.
Wormwood
As one can see, there appears to be 2 events, 2
impacts, consecutive to each other, in effect 2
Asteroids. Why 2? One believes that this account is
telling of how, at this point in time during the
Tribulation, the flyby of Planet X that will come
swinging by will cause these 2 Asteroids as they are
discharged from its orbit as the Earth crosses its path,
twice. Based on prior models and calculation of Planet
X’s size, being 7x that of Jupiter, the Earth would then
cross its path twice, about 5 months apart and thus 2
occasions to have an Asteroid hit Earth. Once would be
in the Ocean, then the other in the Land. Still, the
date approaches, this idea that this Apophis Asteroid is
Wormwood is becoming more popular though. Wormwood means
‘bitter’ and as such, most People believe it will be
only 1 Asteroid that will be hitting Earth and that in a
land mass. This would then be the case of how the Toxic
Metals in the Asteroid would contaminate the Waters and
Rivers immediately surrounding that area.
It is reminiscent of what occurred in Chernobyl. This
assertion was brought up in an online blog about
Wormwood possibly hitting the Chernobyl area. Not sure
if most People are aware but Chernobyl in Ukrainian
means ‘Bitter’ as in Bitter Waters. That is exactly what
the Nuclear Meltdown did back in 1986; Nuclear as in a
‘Star’ reaction it created during its reaction. The
Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown contaminated all the
surrounding Water, Soil, Trees, Rivers, Animals etc. All
the People within a 40-mile/64 km Radius had to be
evacuated. Whole Forests were cut down, and Animals had
to be Euthanized. Yet, after all these years Animal Life
has returned and giant Radio-Wave Antennas have been set
up to mitigate the Radiation. There is a great movie
called, ‘Chernobyl 1986’ that came out recently. It is
historically very accurate and was banned in the
Ukraine. Here is the link to the Trailer. It is highly
recommended to watch as it is very sobering.
Movie Trailer: ‘Chernobyl 1986’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj8kx2ueA2s
From a purely Eschatological point of view and
interpretation, one believes that the flyby of the 2nd
Sun System, Planet X or the return of the Red Dragon
will be what Christ Jesus will be using, in part to
execute the Seal/Trumpet/Bowl Judgment upon the Earth.
And again, this Apophis, due to its Name and Number is
eerily inferring what is to come during the Tribulation
Period, in one’s opinion. But the effects of Apophis
impact, due to its size will not be, cannot be the cause
of .33 of all the Waters and Rivers turning bitter on
the planet. The size of the 2 Asteroids that are coming
will be gigantic in size comparison and they will not
only be ‘City Killers’ but ‘Earth Killers’.
The devastation of these 2 Giant Asteroids, the ‘Size of
a Blazing Mountain’ in the 1st case, will be the cause
of all those worldwide Earthquakes, Pole Shifts,
Tsunamis, that are horrifically described in the book of
Revelation. As it is, the incoming Planet X is already
having the effects now that is leading-up to the
Tribulation Period with worldwide cataclysmic upheavals.
The evidence? There has been a dramatic uptick in the
recent decade of the frequency and intensity of
volcanoes, earthquakes, natural disasters, changes in
natural weather patterns, sink-holes, etc. In part, it
is due to man’s manipulation with Weather Weapons, HAARP
and other means.
Super Mega-Asteroid Impacts on Earth
According to
theverybesttop10.com,
the following are the top 10 largest Impact Craters
caused by Asteroids that have hit Earth. The purpose of
this listing is to compare the apparent Impact size of
Apophis with other known Impact Crater sizes. Based on
this comparison, it is thus suggested that Apophis is
nowhere near the listing of the top 10 Impact Craters
created by Asteroids with only a 5-mile wide diameter.
And that it will not be the infamous Wormwood of the
Book of Revelation as that event will affect 1/3 of the
entire portion of the planet, etc.
10 – Kara Crater, Russia (40 Mile Diameter)
It was formerly believed that these 2 sites were 2
separate Craters and that they formed a twin impact
structure from a large-scale meteorite hit in the late
Cretaceous.
9 – Morokweng Crater, South Africa (43 Mile Diameter)
In May, 2006, a group of Scientists drilling into the
site announced the discovery of a 25 cm diameter
fragment of the original asteroid at a depth of 770 m
below the surface.
8 – Chesapeake Bay Crater, United States (53 Mile
Diameter) The continual slumping of the rubble within
the Crater has affected the flow of the rivers and
shaped the Chesapeake Bay. The Impact Crater created a
long-lasting topographic depression.
7 – Acraman Crater, Australia (56 Mile Diameter)
The discovery of the Crater and independent discovery
of its Ejecta were first reported in the Journal
Science in 1986. The evidence for impact includes the
presence of Shatter Cones.
6 – Manicouagan Crater, Canada (61 Mile Diameter)
The Manicouagan Crater is one of the oldest known
Impact Craters and is the largest ‘visible’ impact
crater on Earth, located primarily in Manicouagan
Regional County.
5 – Woodleigh Crater, Australia (75 Mile Diameter)
The Woodleigh impact event, originally thought to have
occurred between the Late Triassic and Late Permian,
is now thought to date from millions of years ago.
4 – Sudbury Basin, Canada (81 Mile Diameter)
The basin is located on the Canadian Shield in the
city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The former
municipalities of Rayside-Balfour, Valley East and
Capreol lie within the Sudbury Basin.
3 – Vredefort Crater, South Africa (118 Mile Diameter)
The Vredefort crater is the largest verified Impact
Crater on Earth, more than 300 km across when it was
formed.
2 – Chicxulub Crater, Mexico (186 Mile Diameter)
The crater was discovered by Antonio Camargo and Glen
Penfield, geophysicists who had been looking for
petroleum in the Yucatán during the late 1970s.
1 – Popigai Crater, Russia (190 Mile Diameter)
The shock pressures from the impact instantaneously
transformed Graphite in the ground into Diamonds
within a 13.6 km radius of the Impact Point. These
Diamonds not only inherited the tabular shape of the
original Graphite Grains but they additionally
preserved the original Crystals’ delicate striations.
The Planet X, Nemesis, the Red Dragon phenomena is
intertwined with Astronomy and Biblical perspectives and
Apophis could very well play a part in this prophetic
unfolding to come. One does believe also that during the
Tribulation Period, this ‘Red Dragon’ will
astronomically be part of the Planetary Array in the
Constellation of Virgo during the midpoint of the
Tribulation Period. It is that which will truly fulfill
the Revelation 12 Sign in its entirety, for example,
Astronomically. But it does say in Revelation that 1 of
the reasons for the Seal Judgments is to ‘Destroy those
who Destroy the Earth’. It is evident that the
Powers-That-Be do not only want to destroy Humanity and
reconstitute it in their ‘Own Image’, but so too do they
want to construe the Earth.
But in the process of Chem Trailing for example or
altering the Weather Patterns, such have reeked damages
that are now irreversible. As to the ‘sensationalizing’
of the Apophis Theory? One does not see anything wrong
with People writing books or doing presentations in the
interviewing circuit about this Asteroid Apophis being
Wormwood Theory. Based on such suppositions, Apophis
could be seen as possibly being the Wormwood of the
Bible and end time Judgments according to the book of
Revelation. One is not wanting to ‘steal the thunder’ of
such an assertion that does merit some attention as
certain peculiarities attributed to the Asteroid are
striking.
As mentioned, this is by way of its Name and Number that
appear to be in line with Biblical prophecy and the
Apocalyptic scenarios of the last years leading-up to
the return of Jesus Christ. However, Apophis is not
Wormwood based on Impact Crater and mathematical ratio
comparisons. It is highly suggested that even if the
Asteroid does hit Earth and does hit a major
metropolitan area, the life loss and damage at most
would not happen, compared to the scale as depicted in
the Book of Revelation. Apophis is not and will not be a
‘Planet Killer’ but more so, a ‘City Killer’. Thus,
Apophis is not the Wormwood of the Bible based on the
Book of Revelation cataclysms.
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