NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid
Jan 29, 2025 · The asteroid, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, caught astronomers’ attention when it rose on the NASA automated Sentry risk list on Dec. 31, 2024. The Sentry list includes any known near-Earth asteroids that have a non-zero probability of impacting Earth in the future.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale
5 days ago · CNEOS analysis of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 40 to 90 meters wide, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 — which also means there is almost a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact. ... 2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27, 2024, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial ...
Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in …
1 day ago · The probability has fluctuated in recent days, but as of Thursday, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimated a 1.9 percent chance of an impact with Earth in 2032.
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a …
1 day ago · Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like ...
Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of ... - NASA
Jan 22, 2025 · The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months. The asteroid, which is about 33 feet (10 meters) wide, does not pose a hazard to Earth, but its orbit around the Sun closely matches that of our planet ...
Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon …
Jan 22, 2025 · The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months. The asteroid, which is about 33 feet (10 meters) wide, does not pose a hazard to Earth, but its orbit around the Sun closely matches that of our planet ...
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Apophis - NASA Science
Dec 20, 2024 · 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.
NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025
Oct 2, 2024 · Part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, the Goldstone Solar System Radar, near Barstow in California, will track the object during its next close pass of our planet, in January 2025, which will still be five times as far from Earth as the Moon. The asteroid will then leave the vicinity of Earth as it continues its orbit around the Sun.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
Jul 3, 2024 · The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 500-foot-wide (150-meter-wide) asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach — within about 184,000 …