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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.
The small near-Earth asteroids 2008 TC 3, 2014 AA, 2018 LA, 2019 MO, 2022 EB 5, 2022 WJ 1, 2023 CX 1 and 2024 BX 1 are the only eight 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 closer than ...
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of January 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 . Asteroid.
July 30, 2024 at 2:37 PM. ... "Binary asteroid systems represent about 10-15% of the total number of asteroids that are in near-Earth space," Barnouin said. "More generally, with every new ...
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters the distance ...
Apophis will come so close to Earth that it will be visible to the naked eye for around 2 billion people living across most of Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. To arrive at Apophis in February ...
It brightened to apmag 15.3 on 2023-Apr-24. ^ Mercury also will pass 260.9 LD from Earth on January 8, 244.4 LD from Earth on September 3, and 263.2 LD from Earth on December 23. Mercury makes a closest approach to Earth about every 116 days. ^ The asteroid with the greatest chance of impacting Earth in 2023 is 2016 LP10 (4-meters in diameter ...
99942 Apophis ( provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of 370 metres (1,210 feet) [ 3] that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.