Asteroid Heading Toward Earth 2024 Map

Asteroid Heading Toward Earth 2024 Map. This interactive visualization uses data from jpl's center for near earth object. Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city.

Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city. Two days later, on june 29, the same team observed the asteroid 2024 mk pass our planet from a distance of only 184,000 miles (295,000 kilometers), or slightly.