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  2. List of Earth-crossing asteroids - Wikipedia

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    An Earth-crosser is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth as observed from the ecliptic pole of Earth's orbit. [1] The known numbered Earth-crossers are listed here. Those Earth-crossers whose semi-major axes are smaller than Earth's are Aten asteroids; the remaining ones are Apollo asteroids. (See also the Amor asteroids.)

  3. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth - Wikipedia

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    Satellites in geostationary orbit. From the list in the first section, these are the closest known asteroids per year that approach Earth within one lunar distance.More than one asteroid per year may be listed if its geocentric distance [note 1] is within a tenth of the lunar distance, or 0.10 LD.

  4. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2020 - Wikipedia

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    A number of known asteroids came closer than this in 2020, notably 2020 CW, 2020 JJ, 2020 QG, and 2020 VT 4 which all approached Earth within 0.05 lunar distances. Two objects have been observed to be temporary satellites of Earth: 2020 CD 3 in February 2020 and 2020 SO in September 2020, albeit the latter has been confirmed to be a rocket ...

  5. Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time. Here’s why ...

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    Here's what to know about Apophis and how space agencies hope to protect Earth from other asteroids like it. Apophis to make 2029 flyby to Earth Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of ...

  6. Next four asteroids approaching Earth (Nasa) For comparison, the average distance between the Earth and the moon is about 385,000km (239,000 miles). So far, about 25,000 large asteroids have been ...

  7. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2023 - Wikipedia

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    A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (0.0025696 AU (384,410 km; 238,860 mi)) from Earth in 2023. [1] As most asteroids passing within a lunar distance are less than 40 meters in diameter, they generally are not detected until they are within several million km of Earth.

  8. Key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 - AOL

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    The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now. Key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth ...

  9. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2021 - Wikipedia

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    The largest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2021 was 2021 SG with an estimated diameter of around 68 meters and an absolute magnitude of 24.0. The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2021 was 2021 UA 7 that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 27.7 km/s (62,000 mph). [2] [note 2]