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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 impact site was not examined by scientists until 20 years later, when they discovered the asteroid carved a massive area of destruction of around 830 square miles, according to NASA.
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 .
On 3 September 2003 a NASA press release wrote, . Newly discovered asteroid 2003 QQ 47 has received considerable media attention over the last few days because it had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in the year 2014 and was rated a "1" on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which goes from 0 to 10.
An asteroid burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere just hours after it was detected last month, the European Space Agency revealed in its latest newsletter.. The asteroid, called 2024 UQ, was first ...
Observations made by two telescopes of the Beta Pictoris system, located 63 light-years from Earth, suggest a collision occurred between asteroids about 20 years ago.
NASA said Wednesday that this newly discovered asteroid will zoom 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometers) above the southern tip of South America. Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss ...
(137108) 1999 AN 10 is a kilometer-length near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.It was discovered by LINEAR on 13 January 1999. [5]On 7 August 2027, this asteroid will pass at about 0.00261 AU (390,000 km; 243,000 mi; 1.02 LD) of the Earth's center.