Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Asteroid designation Date & time (UTC) of discovery Discoverer Estimated size Abs. mag. Date & time (UTC) of impact Warning time Location of impact Airburst altitude Energy Method of impact detection Reference 2008 TC 3: 2008-10-06 06:39 Mt. Lemmon Survey: 3.8–4.4 m (12–14 ft) 30.72: 2008-10-07 02:45 20:05: 20.9 N, 31.8 E Nubian Desert in ...
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.
The small asteroid, measuring about a metre across, did not pose a threat to life. It was the third space rock detected imminently before impacting the Earth this year, but only the tenth on record.
The asteroid YR4's chances of impact now surpass the odds that Apophis once had of colliding with Earth when it was first discovered in 2004. Fortunately, the 130 to 300-foot asteroid is much ...
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 ...
The event served as a "wake-up call", and astronomers responded by starting programs such as Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR), Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT), Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search (LONEOS) and several others which have drastically increased the rate of asteroid discovery.
For the asteroid named for an Egyptian god of chaos to pose a risk to Earth, it would need to be hit by another space rock at just the right angle to redirect the city-killer on a collision course ...
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 ...