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With only seemingly two measurements 30 minutes apart, how were astronomers able to determine that asteroid 2022 EB5's trajectory intersected Earth?
Earthsky.org's Asteroid discovered hours before Earth impact begins
Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at the Piszkésteto Mountain Station – part of Konkoly Observatory near Budapest – ...
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Can we actually predict an asteroid impact? [duplicate]
I have been seeing all these "hoaxes" on the internet about Planet X and how it would destroy Earth, on September 23rd 2017. It didn't happen.
I started to wonder if it's possible - with our current ...
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Size and Mass of a typical "small" asteroid that impacts the Earth?
I'm looking for some realistic data about the size (in meters) and mass (in kg) of a typical small asteroids that impact the Earth, without disintegrating in the atmosphere.
Any suggestion ?
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How ready are we to deal with a asteroid/comet/giant-meteor on a collision course with Earth?
I keep hearing astronomers saying there are observatories scanning the skies all day and night looking for near-Earth objects, extrapolating their trajectories.
My questions are
If we were to get ...
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