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367943 Duende (provisional designation 2012 DA 14) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter.It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra Observatory in 2012, and named for the duende, a goblin-like creature from Iberian mythology and folklore. [1]
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 .
2012 BX 34 is a small Aten asteroid that made one of the closest recorded asteroid close approaches of Earth on 27 January 2012. It passed within 0.0004371 AU (65,390 km ; 40,630 mi ) of Earth during its closest approach at 15:25 GMT.
In 2021, a numerical simulation study argued that the impactor likely originated in the outer main part of the asteroid belt. [ 73 ] Some scholars have argued that the impactor was a comet , not an asteroid.
Near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group; extended mission target [24] 2015 XF 261: 0.03: 2015: Unnamed CNSA mission: 2029: Near-Earth asteroid of the Aten group, will be visited by an orbiter and impactor for an asteroid deflection test. [28] 311P/PanSTARRS: 0.48: 2013: Tianwen-2: 2034: Active main-belt asteroid [27] 2022 OB 5: 0.004–0.010 [a ...
An asteroid streaked past northern Siberia in the middle of the night Tuesday before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the skies with a blinding flash, dramatic video shows.
A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system.. The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed ...
In the same year, NASA released a study where the asteroid Apophis (with a diameter of around 300 meters or 1,000 feet) was assumed to have a much lower rubble pile density (1,500 kg/m 3 or 100 lb/cu ft) and therefore lower mass than it is now known to have, and in the study, it is assumed to be on an impact trajectory with Earth for the year ...