Asteroid Hitting Earth 2024 Prediction. The dashboard displays the next five earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); Nasa's asteroid watch dashboard has identified five asteroids set to make relatively close approaches to earth this month.

Estimated to be about 1,100 feet (340 meters) across, apophis quickly gained notoriety as an asteroid that could pose a serious threat to earth when. An astrophysicist at the university of western ontario finds that the odds of the asteroid 99942 apophis striking earth are slightly higher than previously thought.