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A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00257 AU) from Earth in 2011. [note 1] Rows highlighted red indicate objects which were not discovered until after closest approach Rows highlighted yellow indicate objects discovered less than 24 hours before closest approach
Trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2007 PA 8 's Earth flyby in 2012. This is a list of examples where an asteroid or meteoroid travels close to the Earth. Some are regarded as potentially hazardous objects if they are estimated to be large enough to cause regional devastation.
2011 MD is a bright micro-asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo and Amor group, respectively. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] On 27 June 2011, at around 17:00 UTC (13:00 EDT), the object passed exceptionally close to Earth's surface at a distance of approximately 12,000 kilometers (7,500 mi), roughly the diameter of the Earth.
Goldstone radar images of asteroid 99942 Apophis on 8–10 March 2021 Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2001 FO 32 during closest approach on 21 March 2021. Below is an example list of near-Earth asteroids that passed or will pass more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2021.
June 10, 2021 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2021 June 10 at 08:13:30.6 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2021 June 10 at 09:50:58.1 UTC First Central Line 2021 June 10 at 09:56:08.7 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2021 June 10 at 10:01:51.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2021 June 10 at 10:43:06.7 UTC
In the moments before NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images of this small celestial object and its ...
1566 Icarus (/ ˈ ɪ k ər ə s / IK-ə-rəs; provisional designation: 1949 MA) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially hazardous asteroid. [20] It has an extremely eccentric orbit (0.83) and measures approximately 1.4 km (0.87 mi) in diameter. In 1968, it became the first asteroid ever observed by ...
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