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2010 RF 12 is a very small asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, that passed between Earth and the Moon on 8 September 2010, at 21:12 UTC, approaching Earth within 79,000 kilometres (49,000 mi) above Antarctica. [5] The asteroid was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey near Tucson, Arizona on 5 September 2010 along ...
An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth's atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.
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 .
A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth. The European Space Agency issued an alert for the 27-inch asteroid at 4:27 a.m. ET ...
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.
An asteroid that crashed into the Earth’s atmosphere over the UK and France was spotted just hours before it crashed. The world was given only seven hours warning that it was being approached by ...
A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00257 AU) from Earth in 2010. [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
The asteroid was found to have a rapid rotation by the Magdalena Ridge Observatory's 2.4-meter telescope. It rotates at an extremely rapid rate of 24.5 seconds. 2010 JL 88 is the second fastest natural rotating object discovered in the Solar System, [8] after 2014 RC, which has a period of 16 seconds but still an uncertain period solution.