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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.
Below is the list of predicted close approaches of near-Earth asteroids larger than magnitude 27, that were predicted to occur in 2020. [note 1] This relates to asteroid cataloging systems effectiveness at predicting close approaches in 2020. For asteroids which were observed but not predicted, see the main list above.
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.
Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded. 4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a ...
An asteroid the size of a small truck will pass by Earth tonight, making one of the closest approaches to the planet ever recorded. Asteroid 2023 BU will zoom over the southern tip of South ...
Two asteroids, 2022 EB 5 and 2022 WJ 1, are noteworthy in that both were detected before impacting Earth. 2022 EB 5 and 2022 WJ 1 are the 5th and 6th successfully predicted impacts in history, respectively. The latter also holds the record for the smallest asteroid discovered while in space, with an estimated diameter less than 1 metre (3.3 ft ...
In this dramatic illustration, a meteor falls toward Earth from space. A pair of asteroids that rammed into Earth more than 35 million years ago seemingly had no climate impacts, scientists said ...
The sizes of the charts show the relative sizes of the asteroids to scale. For comparison, the approximate size of a person is also shown. This is based the absolute magnitude of each asteroid, an approximate measure of size based on brightness. [1] Absolute magnitude 30 and greater. Silhouette of man standing and facing forward