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(137108) 1999 AN 10 is a kilometer-length near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.It was discovered by LINEAR on 13 January 1999. [5]On 7 August 2027, this asteroid will pass at about 0.00261 AU (390,000 km; 243,000 mi; 1.02 LD) of the Earth's center.
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.
2015 XF 261 is a Near-Earth Aten asteroid with an estimated diameter of between 16 m (52 ft) and 69 m (226 ft), [2] with next closest approach occurring on 21 February 2025 at 16:25 UTC and closest approach of the 21st century occurring on 11 April 2090 at a nominal distance of 0.00302 au (452,000 km). [1]
NASA's OSIRIS-REx, which gathered and returned a sample of asteroid Bennu in September, has been renamed OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer (OSIRIS-APEX) and sent on a trajectory that would allow it to cross ...
The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. ... the spacecraft will reach the first of these so-called Trojan asteroids in 2027 and explore ...
99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN 4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 metres (1,480 ft) by 170 metres (560 ft) in size, [3] that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability of 2.7% that it would hit Earth on Friday, 13 April 2029.
In September 2022, NASA’s DART mission intentionally slammed into Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Didymos, to demonstrate the technology needed to alter the trajectory ...
Line of intersection of orbits of 1990 MU and Earth's ecliptic plane Animation of 1990 MU's orbit around Sun – 2027 close approach Earth · Sun · 1990 MU. 1990 MU has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.0263 AU (3,930,000 km), which is close enough to classify it as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA).