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The largest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2020 was 2020 LD with an estimated diameter of around 145 meters and an absolute magnitude of 22.4. The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2020 was 2020 FD 2 that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 33.4 km/s (75,000 mph). [2] [note 3]
Trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2007 PA 8 's Earth flyby in 2012. This is a list of examples where an asteroid or meteoroid travels close to the Earth. Some are regarded as potentially hazardous objects if they are estimated to be large enough to cause regional devastation.
An example list of near-Earth asteroids that passed more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2008. 2007 TU 24 (~250 meters in diameter) passed 1.44 LD (554,000 km) from Earth on January 29, 2008. 2008 CE 22 (~18 meters in diameter) passed between 0.9997 and 1.0023 LD (384,300 to 385,300 km) from Earth on February 6, 2008.
On Sunday, another asteroid about half the size of 2008 OS7 will pass within 4.5 million miles of Earth. The closest recorded asteroid flyby happened in August of 2020, when a space rock roughly ...
The closest approach to Earth occurred on 4 April 2019, when it approached to a distance of 13,104 km (8,142 mi). [6] [c] The final close approach in 2020 occurred on 13 February 2020 at a distance of about 41,000 km (25,000 mi) from Earth's surface. [25] The orbital period of 2020 CD 3 around Earth ranged from 70 to 90 days.
[3] [a] The asteroid passed closest approach to Earth on 5 June 2020 at a distance of 0.002 AU (300 thousand km; 0.78 LD). [2] The close approach distance is now known with an accuracy of roughly ± 1000 km. This is the largest asteroid to pass closer than the Moon this year and possibly the largest since (308635) 2005 YU 55 in November 2011.
Asteroid designation Date of impact Location of impact Method of detection Estimated size Reference 2008 TC 3: October 7, 2008: Nubian Desert in Sudan: visual, weather satellite, meteorite recovery: 4 m (13 ft) [1] 2014 AA: January 2, 2014: Central Atlantic Ocean: infrasound: 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) [2] 2018 LA: June 2, 2018: Botswana/South ...
2020 QG, also known by its internal designation ZTF0DxQ, [3] is an Earth-crossing asteroid, a few meters in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group , and passed above the surface of Earth approximately 2,950 kilometres (1,830 mi) away [ b ] (less than half an Earth radius ) on 16 August 2020 at 04:09 UT. [ 4 ]