HR1999G Ares

The HR1999G Ares is a 5 km wide, class A asteroid orbiting the sun on the Asteroid Belt. It was discovered in 1999, hence it's name.

Overview
The HR1999G Ares is a metallic asteroid located on the Asteroid Belt. After an impact event with another smaller asteroid that altered it's orbit, the asteroid started to go into a dangerous orbit across the sun. Due to the proximity, scientists said that there was a 1/70.000 chance of a catastrophic impact during mid 2025. A small satellite carrying a 5 Mt nuke was launched and followed closely the asteroid, sending data about it's composition and it's trajectory.

The 2027 Incident
On the verge of defeat, the remaining Government forces detonated the satellite early, altering the trajectory of the asteroid to a 100% chance of impact on South America. The asteroid would arrive in a few hours and there was no time to launch another satellite to intercept it. On a quick decision, the Captain Adam Faylay decided to use his aircraft superior velocity as a kinetic projectile with a experimental 4 Mt fusion bomb to try to intercept the asteroid in time. After reaching Earth's low orbit, he quickily activated the rocket turbines of his plane. He had only one chance. After manuevering his plane to launch the bomb, the controls of the bomb had frozen, sticking the bomb with the plane. Seeing no time to turn back for repairs, he hit the afterburners of the plane, striking the asteroid with the bomb. The combined energy of the highspeed impact of his plane and the detonation of the bomb managed to slow the asteroid to a safe speed, while changing it's path to a safe trajectory away from the planet.

Destiny
The asteroid lost about 70% of it's original mass due to the explosion, and now it assumed a elyptical orbit across the Sun. It will pass again near Earth on July 3rd, 2115. The sacrifice of the Cpt. Adam ensured the victory of the Rebellion and the safety of the human race as a whole. After the war, the Rebellion evolved into the South American Alliance (SAA), which managed to contain the zombie outbreak during the Battle of Luanda, and later joined forces with the United States and the European Union in the war against the Russian-Chinese Alliance.