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2034 November 25 Supermoon [14] [15] 2036 April A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar on July 6, 2003, arrives at its destination, HIP 4872. 2036 March 27 The 99942 Apophis approach to Earth on March 27, 2036, will be no closer than 0.30889 AU (46.209 million km; 28.713 million mi; 120.21 LD). [16] 2038 ...
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, April 13, 2029.
Asteroid impact prediction is the prediction of the dates and times of asteroids impacting Earth, along with the locations and severities of the impacts. The process of impact prediction follows three major steps: Discovery of an asteroid and initial assessment of its orbit which is generally based on a short observation arc of less than 2 weeks.
In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...
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, 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.
March – 2029 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Switzerland. April 13 – Asteroid 99942 Apophis, at 335 metres (1,100 feet) wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres (20,000 miles) from Earth's surface: closer than geosynchronous satellites. When discovered, it was considered a serious threat to Earth, but since then refined ...
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By March 2022, the rating had been reduced to −2.0. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] As of October 2024, it has a rating of −0.93. For a brief period in late December 2004, with an observation arc of 190 days, asteroid 99942 Apophis (then known only by its provisional designation 2004 MN 4 ) held the record for the highest Palermo scale value, with a value of 1 ...