List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2008 information
Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth
2008
After closest approach: 11 (52.4%)
<24 hours before: 2 (9.5%)
Up to 7 days before: 8 (38.1%)
> one week before: 0 (0%)
> 7 weeks before: 0 (0%)
> one year before: 0 (0%)
Time of discovery of asteroids which came closer to Earth than the moon in 2008
Other Years
2000-2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2008. 2008 was the first year that an asteroid was successfully detected before it impacted earth (2008 TC3 was the first successfully predicted asteroid impact).
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