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1 day ago · Shorty after 4 p.m. ET today (June 27), the mountain-size asteroid 2011 UL21 will come within 5 million miles of Earth, making it one of the largest space rocks to come that close to our planet ...
10 hours ago · The asteroid, named 2024 MK, will zoom past us closer than the moon orbits the Earth on Saturday morning, and is around the same size as the Washington Monument at between 394 to 853 feet in ...
Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles (195 million kilometers) of the Sun, which means they can circulate through the Earth’s orbital neighborhood. Most near-Earth objects are asteroids that range in size from about 10 feet (a few meters) to nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) across.
Jun 25, 2023 · A small asteroid will pass between Earth and the moon on Sunday (June 25), and you can watch the encounter live thanks to a free telescope livestream.
1 day ago · At more than 7,500 feet across, it is larger than 99% of near-Earth asteroids. Two days later, the smaller asteroid will hurtle much closer to Earth, although astronomers say it also has a 0% ...
1 day 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.
14 hours ago · The asteroid was only discovered earlier this month. An illustration depicts an asteroid near Earth. Asteroid 2024 MK will pass roughly 290,000 km from our planet on Saturday. (buradaki ...
1 day ago · Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 will fly past Earth on June 27. At 7,600 feet across, it is larger than 99 percent of all known near-Earth objects, but it poses no risk to the planet and will pass by ...
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.
Mar 25, 2023 · A big asteroid will buzz Earth today (March 25), and you can watch the flyby live online. The near-Earth asteroid, known as 2023 DZ2, is thought to be 140 to 310 feet (40 to 95 meters)...
