Asteroid 2003 MH4 to Make Close Flyby of Earth in 2025
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Asteroid Name | Asteroid 2003 MH4 (officially (387746) 2003 MH4) |
| Classification | Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) |
| Discovery Year | 2003 |
| Size | Approximately 335 meters (1,100 feet) in diameter |
| Speed | 14 kilometers per second (50,400 kilometers per hour) |
| Close Approach Date | May 24, 2025 |
| Close Approach Time | 10:37 UTC (4:07 PM IST) |
| Close Approach Distance | 6.68 million kilometers (17 times the Earth-Moon distance) |
| Orbital Group | Apollo group (Earth-crossing orbits) |
| Monitoring Agencies | NASA's CNEOS, PDCO, ESA, Pan-STARRS, Catalina Sky Survey, NEOWISE, Goldstone |
| Monitoring System | Sentry Impact Monitoring System |
| Potential Impact Effects | Comparable to Tunguska event (1908), regional devastation, global effects |
| Planetary Defense Initiatives | DART mission (2022), kinetic impactors, gravity tractors, nuclear deflection missions |