List of predicted asteroid impacts on Earth explained
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance., all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5m (16feet) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
Asteroid designation | Date of impact | Location of impact | Method of detection | Estimated size | Reference |
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| October 7, 2008 | | visual, weather satellite, meteorite recovery | 4m (13feet) | [1] |
| January 2, 2014 | | | 2- | [2] |
| June 2, 2018 | Botswana/South Africa border | visual, infrasound, meteorite recovery | 2m (07feet) | [3] [4] [5] |
| June 22, 2019 | | infrasound, weather satellite & radar | 4m (13feet) | [6] |
| March 11, 2022 | Jan Mayen, northern Atlantic Ocean | visual, infrasound | 2m (07feet) | [7] [8] |
| November 19, 2022 | | visual, radar | 1m (03feet) | [9] [10] |
| February 13, 2023 | | visual, meteorite recovery | 1m (03feet) | [11] [12] |
| January 21, 2024 | | visual, meteorite recovery | 1m (03feet) | [13] [14] | |
Notes and References
- Shaddad . Muawia H. . etal . The recovery of asteroid . . 45 . 10–11 . 1557–1589 . October 2010 . 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01116.x . 2010M&PS...45.1557S . 2024-01-27 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185539/http://asima.seti.org/2008TC3/papers/maps1116-1296.pdf . 2016-03-04 . free .
- News: Small asteroid 2014 AA hits Earth . . Kelly . Beatty . January 2, 2014 . 2024-01-28 .
- News: Tariq . Malik . A Tiny Asteroid Just Hit Earth, Sparking a Fireball Over South Africa (Video) . . June 4, 2018 . 2024-01-28.
- Web site: Tioga . Gulon . Asteroid 2018 LA hit the atmosphere over Botswana on June 2 . July 3, 2018 . News . International Meteor Organization . 2024-02-18.
- News: Bob . King . First Fragment Of Shattered Asteroid Recovered In Botswana . July 6, 2018 . Duluth News Tribune . 2024-02-18.
- News: Laura . Geggel . Astronomers Spotted a Car-Size Asteroid Just Hours Before Impact . Space.com . June 28, 2019 . 2024-01-28.
- News: Fridge-size asteroid detected just 2 hours before it slammed into Earth . . Harry . Baker . March 16, 2022 . 2024-01-28.
- News: Karl . Antier . 2022 EB5 : 5th predicted Earth impact! . News . International Meteor Organization . March 13, 2022 . 2024-01-28.
- News: NASA Program Predicted Impact of Small Asteroid Over Ontario, Canada . November 22, 2022 . . 2024-01-28.
- Web site: Meteorite Falls: Grimsby, Ontario . NASA Johnson Space Center Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science . 2024-02-18.
- News: CNEOS Predicts Another Small Asteroid Impact, This One over Northwestern France . February 14, 2023 . . 2024-01-28.
- News: Daniel W. E. . Green . CBET 5230 : 2023 CX_1 . March 6, 2023 . Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams . 5230 . 2024-02-18.
- News: Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin . Space.com . Kiley . Price . January 23, 2024 . 2024-01-28.
- News: Meteorites from Asteroid 2024 Bx1, which just hit Earth, may be super-rare space rocks . Space.com . Robert . Rea . January 31, 2024 . 2024-02-05.