The largest of these space rocks is more than twice the size of the world's tallest building.
None of the potentially hazardous objects that are known to scientists have any realistic chance of colliding with the Earth in the foreseeable future. The potentially hazardous designation simply means that over many centuries and millennia the orbit of these objects may evolve into one that has a chance of impacting Earth.
In the event of an impact, potentially hazardous objects are large enough to produce significant damage to our planet on at least a regional scale.Below is a list of the largest potentially hazardous NEOs, all of which are asteroids, to make a close approach to Earth—i.e., they came within 0.05 astronomical units of our planet—in 2023, according to data fromThis is potentially the largest asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth next year.
An artist's illustration shows an asteroid in space. Scientists have identified more than 30,000 near-Earth objects to date.The CNEOS database indicates that 436774 measures between 1,771 and 3,937 feet across, making it about as long as the Navy Pier in Chicago. This NEO is scheduled to make its close approach on April 13, at which point it could come as close as 2.9 million miles to our planet.
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