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  2. List of predicted asteroid impacts on Earth - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. 99942 Apophis - Wikipedia

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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, 13 April 2029.

  4. Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in ...

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    The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth in 2029 was ...

  5. Asteroid impact prediction - Wikipedia

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    In December 2004 when Apophis was estimated to have a 2.7% chance of impacting Earth on 13 April 2029, the uncertainty region for this asteroid had shrunk to 82,818 km. [74] Response to predicted impact

  6. An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making ...

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    Within a few years, they were able to dismiss the even smaller chance of a hit in 2036. Images of the asteroid Apophis, captured in 2012, allowed scientists to determine that it will not strike ...

  7. A cruise liner-size asteroid will come closer to Earth than ...

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    A space rock the size of a cruise liner will closely pass Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, two spacecraft may tag along.

  8. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth - Wikipedia

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    The average near-Earth asteroid, such as 2019 VF 5, passes Earth at 18 km/s. The average short-period comet passes Earth at 30 km/s, and the average long-period comet passes Earth at 53 km/s. [10] A retrograde parabolic Oort cloud comet (e=1, i=180°) could pass Earth at 72 km/s when 1 AU from the Sun.

  9. Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday - AOL

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    Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from the OSIRIS-REx science team gives Bennu a [one-in-2,700] chance of ...