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The small near-Earth asteroids 2008 TC 3, 2014 AA, 2018 LA, 2019 MO, 2022 EB 5, 2022 WJ 1, 2023 CX 1, 2024 BX 1, and 2024 RW 1 are the only nine asteroids discovered before impacting into Earth (see asteroid impact prediction). Scientists estimate that several dozen asteroids in the 6–12 m (20–39 ft) size range fly by Earth at a distance ...
3391. Goldstone radar images of asteroid 99942 Apophis on 8–10 March 2021. Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2001 FO 32 during closest approach on 21 March 2021. Below is an example list of near-Earth asteroids that passed or will pass more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2021. Object.
The largest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2022 was 2022 TM2with an estimated diameter of around 39 meters for an absolute magnitudeof 25.2. The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2022 was 2022 YW6that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 29.8 km/s (67,000 mph). [2][note 1] Two asteroids, 2022 EB5and ...
Beyond 1 LD. Below is an example list of near-Earth asteroids that nominally will pass more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2023. During 2022, over 1,000 asteroids passed within 10 LD (3.8 million km) of Earth. Rows highlighted grey indicate a planet or main-belt asteroid.
The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. The space rock, measuring ...
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024. Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024 include: 2009 JV1 close approach, 0.0571 AU (19.21 LD) on January 5, 2024. 2021 BL3 close approach, 0.0441 AU (17.16 LD) on January 23, 2024 [1] 2017 BG92 close approach, 0.0301 AU (11.71 LD) on January 25, 2024.
A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance (astronomical unit, AU). [ 2 ] This definition applies to the object's orbit around the Sun, rather than its current position, thus an object with such an orbit is considered an ...
433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object.It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers (10.4 miles).