When Did Asteroid 2024 Mk Reach Earth Orbit

When Did Asteroid 2024 Mk Reach Earth Orbit. On june 29, just 13 days after it was discovered, 2024 mk reached its closest point to earth as it skimmed our planet's orbit at a distance of around 184,000 miles (295,000 kilometers) — or. It is between 120 and 270 m across and will pass within the orbit of the moon.

An asteroid the size of a football stadium will thread the needle between earth and the moon saturday morning — the second of two astronomical near misses in three days. The asteroid, named 2024 mk, will zoom past us closer than the moon orbits the earth on saturday morning, and is around the same size as the washington monument at.