Fortunately,NASAand other agencies closely track asteroids passing through Earth's cosmic neighborhood, discover hundreds more each year, and haven't found any that might potentially threatenour planetin the next 100 years or so. On Jan. 26, a small asteroid ("about the size of a box truck,...
Asteroid 2023 JK3, however, is passing by much closer, set to pass by at a distance of just around 600,000 kilometers. Now, this isn't necessarily a cause for concern – the Moon orbits the Earth at a distance of around 384,000 kilometers. However, it is still passing closer than ...
A reasonably small 4-8 m (~13-26 foot) asteroid recently flew by Earth, passing close to satellites orbiting in the geostationary ring at a distance of about 42,735 km (~26,554 miles) from Earth’s center and only about 1200 km (~750 miles) from the nearest satellite....
An asteroid the size of a football field is about to make a close pass by Earth but is not expected to hit or cause any damage, NASA said An asteroid the size of a football field is about to make a close pass by Earth but is not expected to hit or cause any damage, NASA said W...
That tends to be the fate of most asteroids that hit the Earth; they are small, so they burn up in the atmosphere. Out of all the asteroids passing the Earth on February 22, 2024 DJ1 is most likely the largest and can do the most damage. However, its damage would still be far shor...
When an asteroid is larger than about 150 meters, or about 490 feet, across and skims past Earth within this area deemed close range, scientists consider it a "potentially hazardous object." That's about the size of a building, and one of the asteroids passing Earth Thursday exceeds that ...
The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an "exceptionally close flyby" of Earth on 13 April 2029, passing within 19,900 miles (32,000km) of its surface. Around 2 billion people across much of Europe and Africa and parts of Asia will be able to see it with the naked eye if the s...
Scientists discovered a new ‘quasi-moon’ orbiting Earth The recent discovery of a new asteroid named 2023 FW13 is more than just a passing asteroid. According to new reports, the newfound asteroid is … Science Joshua Hawkins 2 years ago ...
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"Asteroids this size are far smaller than what we're tasked to track," Davide Farnocchia, a scientist at the Center for Near Earth Object Studies, said in a press statement at the time. "They're so small, they would not survive passing through our atmosphere to cause damage to Earth'...