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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.
Charlie Rowe as Liam Cole, [10] a student at MIT and later Darius' protégé; he is one of the first people outside the government to predict the asteroid's impending collision with Earth. He, his MIT professor and mentor Malcolm Croft and Darius work together on an EM drive for a gravity tractor they hope to use to change the asteroid's course.
Collision of two astronomical objects. Damage to trees caused by the Tunguska event. The object, just 50–80 metres (150–240 feet) across, exploded 6–10 km (4–6 miles) above the surface, shattering windows hundreds of km away. An impact eventis a collisionbetween astronomical objectscausing measurable effects.[1]
As of mid-2021, the modified AIDA missionhas been approved. The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test(DART) kinetic impactor spacecraft was launched in November 2021. The goal was to impact Dimorphos(nicknamed Didymoon), the 180-meter (590 ft) minor-planet moonof near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos.
September 13, 2024 at 10:58 AM. In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years ...
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 [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. Asteroid designation.
Dinosaur enthusiasts know that an asteroid hitting Earth’s Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago—actually, let’s define terms first: an asteroid is a piece of rocky space debris that ...
The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [ 1 ] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province ...