Asteroid 2024 January. 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); On january 20, 2024, astronomer krisztián sárneczky detected an asteroid on an imminent collision course with earth.

They documented their discovery the following day, after. At around 16:46 gmt on wednesday, the asteroid broke apart above the western pacific ocean near luzon island in the philippines.