Asteroid Heading Towards Earth 2024 Map. The object with the highest probability of colliding with earth was the 1,100 feet (340 m) wide asteroid 99942 apophis, which was predicted to get dangerously close. 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.
Nasa has alerted the scientific community about asteroid 2024 on, measuring 720 feet in diameter, which is set to approach earth on september 15, 2024. Exactly seven years from today—on april 13, 2029—the “potentially hazardous asteroid” (pha) called apophis will pass inside the orbits of our.