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Near-Earth Asteroids

2011 UL21 2024 BX1 Asteroid Detection 2024 MK 2025 PN7 Bennu 2024 BP1 Future Predictions Asteroid Impacts 2024 DX 2024 YR4 Size Comparison Space Exploration Cataloging Discovery of Asteroids 2024 DJ1 Collision Risk Potential Hazards 2024 GJ2 New Discoveries Asteroid Observations Asteroid Size Kamoʻoalewa 2024 DW Size 2024 CE8 Space Agencies Asteroid Properties Sample-Return Missions Close Approach 2023 CX1 Bennu and Ryugu Distance 2024 ON (887) Alinda Monitoring Asteroid 2024 BXI Asteroid Flybys Kamo’oalewa 2008 OS7 (415029) 2011 UL21

Astronomers Confirm 2025 PN7 as a New Earth Quasi-Moon

Orbital modeling shows a decades-long 1:1 resonance with Earth with no impact risk.

JWST Spectra Tie Bennu and Ryugu to Polana Asteroid Family, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds