Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2024 Map. Nasa's asteroid watch dashboard has identified five asteroids set to make relatively close approaches to earth this month. Apophis quickly gained notoriety as an asteroid that could pose a serious threat to earth when astronomers predicted that it would come uncomfortably close in 2029.
According to nasa, these asteroids, while relatively large (between 38 and 210 feet in diameter), will pass within a safe distance of earth, ranging from 1.6 million to. Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the earth in about 14 years โ a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city.
