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30 Ιουν 2024 · The asteroid just discovered (because relatively small) is 2024 MK is in the 140 m class (200 megaton) of which 25,000 are estimated to exist as potential impactors, and only 40% currently catalogued. If this hit Earth it would be a catastrophic scale explosion.
Apophis is about 1,100 feet (340 meters) in width. It’s expected to safely pass close to Earth – within 19,794 miles (31,860 kilometers) from our planet’s surface – on April 13, 2029. This will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance.
1 Ιουλ 2024 · Near miss, in this case, is a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, came within 180,000 miles of Earth. On Thursday, meanwhile, asteroid 2011 UL21 flew within 4 million miles. But the Saturday passage of 2024 MK — which scientists discovered only two weeks ago — coincides with a sobering reminder of threats from space.
4 ημέρες πριν · When the 2 large asteroids passed Earth in late June, 1 was hiding a secret. NASA images revealed that asteroid 2011 UL21 (top circle) has a tiny moon (bottom circle) as a companion.
14 Φεβ 2024 · The small car-sized space rock, dubbed 2024 CY1, passed by at nearly a third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon – also known as 1 lunar distance. It made the close approach at...
27 Ιουν 2024 · 2024 MK is large for a near-Earth object (NEO) and will pass within 290,000 km (180,000 miles) of Earth’s surface – roughly 75% of the distance between Earth and the Moon. Asteroid 2024 MK will fly past Earth on June 29 at approximately 13:45 UTC (15:45 CEST).
The most recent, asteroid 2024 MK, was 500 feet wide, passing within about 184,000 miles (295,000 kilometers) of Earth. The larger asteroid 2011 UL21 passed Earth on 27 June at a distance of 4.1 ...
