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  2. New Horizons - Wikipedia

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    New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. [5] ... Asteroid 132524 APL viewed by New Horizons in June 2006.

  3. 132524 APL - Wikipedia

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    132524 APL (provisional designation 2002 JF 56) is a small background asteroid in the intermediate asteroid belt.It was discovered by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research in May 2002, [1] and imaged by the New Horizons space probe on its flyby in June 2006, when it was passing through the asteroid belt.

  4. CNEOS 2014-01-08 - Wikipedia

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    CNEOS 2014-01-08, also known as Interstellar meteor 1 (IM1), [2] [3] [4] was a 0.45 m (1.5 ft) meteor that impacted Earth on 8 January 2014 near the northeast coast ...

  5. Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight ...

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    NASA is additionally working on an asteroid-hunting telescope known as the NEO Surveyor to find near-Earth objects capable of causing significant damage. Set to launch no earlier than June 2028 ...

  6. Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth? - AOL

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    In 2022, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, whose sole goal was to fly 7 million miles to the 525-foot asteroid Dimorphos, and crash into it at 14,000 miles per ...

  7. 2024 YR4 - Wikipedia

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    The asteroid's provisional designation as a minor planet, "2024 YR 4", was assigned by the Minor Planet Center when its discovery was announced on 27 December 2024. [2] The first letter, "Y", indicates that the asteroid was discovered in the second half-month of December 2024 (16 to 31 December), and "R 4" indicates that it was the 117th provisional designation to be assigned in that half-month.

  8. Torino scale - Wikipedia

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    Graphical representation of the Torino scale. The sizes are approximate. Energy is in TNT equivalent.. The Torino scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets.

  9. (29075) 1950 DA - Wikipedia

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    (29075) 1950 DA (provisional designation 1950 DA) is a risk-listed asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.81 miles) in diameter. [5] It once had the highest known probability of impacting Earth. [12]