I’ve been watching Apophis for at least a couple of years now, and so has NASA, yet only just now is “The World” — in the form of the U.N. — becoming aware or suggesting we need to take action. CNNs brought this guy up a couple times, I’m sure… heres the latest. 2004MN4 also called Apophis, is one of the objects NASA has had flagged on its Impact Risk website as having a significant chance of potential impact with our planet, and for quite a while. I’ve been watching it, you should have a look for yourself at

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/

Without trying to sound like an alarmist, the math seems to indicate that this guy not only comes close to us in 2036, but that its orbit brings it continually closer to Earth as time goes on.