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20 hours ago · The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object. The average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 ...
- Eyes on Asteroids
Eyes on Asteroids. See thousands of asteroids and comets in...
- Apophis
Overview. Asteroid 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth object...
- Asteroid Watch
Asteroid Watch: Keeping an Eye on Near-Earth Objects....
- Eyes on Asteroids
Jun 27, 2024 · The asteroid, 2011 UL21, is a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit occasionally puts it within 1.3 astronomical units (AU) of the sun — or roughly 1.3 times the average distance between Earth ...
Jun 27, 2024 · At approximately 4:14 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday afternoon, the bigger of the two asteroids—called (415029) 2011 UL21—will pass Earth at a distance more than 17 times farther than our moon ...
Eyes on Asteroids. See thousands of asteroids and comets in real-time, see the next five close approaches to Earth, and explore past, present and future missions to asteroids and comets. This interactive visualization uses data from JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), which computes high-precision orbits for Near-Earth Objects ...
Asteroid Watch: Keeping an Eye on Near-Earth Objects. Managed for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Center for Near Earth Object Studies ( CNEOS) accurately characterizes the orbits of all known near-Earth objects, predicts their close approaches with Earth, and makes comprehensive impact hazard assessments in support of the agency’s ...
3 days ago · The same team observed asteroid 2024 MK passing our planet at a distance of only 184,000 miles (295,000 kilometers), slightly more than three-quarters of the distance between the moon and Earth ...
Overview. Asteroid 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth object (NEO) estimated to be about 1,100 feet (335 meters) across. When it was discovered in 2004, Apophis was identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth. But that impact assessment changed after astronomers tracked Apophis, and its orbit became better determined.
