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On 3 September 2003 a NASA press release wrote, . Newly discovered asteroid 2003 QQ 47 has received considerable media attention over the last few days because it had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in the year 2014 and was rated a "1" on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which goes from 0 to 10.
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024 [update] , all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors .
In September 2013, there was an opportunity to make additional observations of 2011 AG 5 when it came within 0.98 AU (147,000,000 km; 91,000,000 mi) of Earth. [10] The 2013 observations allowed a further refinement to the known trajectory. The asteroid will also pass 0.0121 AU (1,810,000 km; 1,120,000 mi) from the Earth on 3 February 2023.
According to the latest calculations from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there is a 1.6% chance the asteroid will strike Earth on December 22, 2032. The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level ...
A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032 ...
The asteroid, described as "very small" by NASA, impacted Earth's atmosphere around 11:14 a.m. ET and created a fireball over eastern Russia, the space agency said in a post on X.
1950 DA made distant approaches to Earth on 20 May 2012, 5 February 2021 and 5 February 2023. [18] However, at these times it was a quarter to half an AU away from Earth, preventing more useful astrometrics and timing that occurs when an object is closer to Earth. The next close approach that presents a good opportunity to observe the asteroid ...
Recent images released from NASA have revealed new information on the origins of the asteroid system. Nearly two years ago, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or DART, collided with ...