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2015 XY 261 (also written 2015 XY261) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid [2] that is also a Mars crosser. It is roughly 10–22 meters in diameter and passed less than 1 lunar distance , 0.0025696 AU (384,410 km; 238,860 mi) from Earth on 15 December 2015.
In general, Final Impact was less well received than the prior two books. [3] It picks up 18 months after Weapons of Choice, a transition which some readers [who?] criticized as too jarring. Other reviews noted the large number of plot points which had not been addressed properly, and the disjointed narrative structure used to depict the war.
2015 XF 261 is a Near-Earth Aten asteroid with an estimated diameter of between 16 m (52 ft) and 69 m (226 ft), [2] with next closest approach occurring on 21 February 2025 at 16:25 UTC and closest approach of the 21st century occurring on 11 April 2090 at a nominal distance of 0.00302 au (452,000 km). [1]
[5] [40] In the 1916–1917 serial "The Moonmaker" by Arthur Cheney Train and Robert W. Wood, an errant asteroid is diverted to enter Earth orbit as an additional natural satellite instead of striking the Earth, [4] [41] a plot point that recurs in Isaac R. Nathanson's 1930 short story "The Falling Planetoid".
The small asteroid, measuring about a metre across, did not pose a threat to life. It was the third space rock detected imminently before impacting the Earth this year, but only the tenth on record.
A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system.. The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed ...
The idea for Asteroid originated in 1994, after NBC movies chief Lindy DeKoven saw news reports on the Shoemaker-Levi 9 Jupiter impact. Working with producer John Davis, they developed a story framed as an action-adventure drama. The promotional budget was $2 million, with a production budget of $19 million.
In recent days, the Internet has been abuzz with talk of a giant asteroid barreling toward Earth, that will cause miles of destruction and death when it hits. NASA says it's not true. The agency ...