Related: Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth Mini-moon events come in two ...

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

or they hit it and leave a streak in the sky or a dent in Earth’s crust. However, in more rare cases they are captured by Earth’s gravitational pull, becoming a mini-moon, according to the ...

In this theory, the moon formed from the impact debris—a mixture of molten ... Some scientists believe that the oxygen isotopes are because the object that hit Earth was made up of the same mixture of ...

While asteroid 2023 DZ2 poses no threat of impacting Earth during this visit, there is a miniscule chance it could hit us when it returns ... cruising inside the moon’s orbit.

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Oct. 4, 2022 — Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris ... 2022 — New research has found evidence that Earth's early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar ...

Its gravity gently tugs on Earth, creating our tides ... They explored the craters that mark the moon’s surface from billions of years of being hit by meteorites, and brought back samples ...

An asteroid the size of a house is approaching Earth ... from hitting Earth. The smallest asteroid, called 2024 TA12, measures approximately 14 feet and will come between the Earth and moon.

Three new studies have revealed the common origin of most of the meteorites that hit Earth, linking them to collisions ... in the Solar System), the Moon, and Mars, and are known as achondrites.

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