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  1. 5 days ago · 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.

  2. May 19, 2024 · The internet is alight with footage of a meteor that sped through the night skies over Portugal and Spain, lighting up the skies as a blue-green fireball. The meteor was confirmed by European...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Impact_eventImpact event - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. [1] Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effect.

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  5. May 7, 2024 · NASA. When meteors light up the sky, we’re actually seeing our planet’s remarkable defence system jumping into action. When a meteor enters Earth’s atmosphere – the layer of air that surrounds...

  6. May 20, 2024 · In 2013, a 55-foot-long meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk with a force equivalent to 440,000 tons of TNT. The resulting shockwave 14 miles above the ground damaged buildings...

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  8. May 6, 2024 · The Short Answer: An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. A meteor is what happens when a meteoroid – a small piece of an asteroid or comet – burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky.

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