Asteroid 2024 Mt15. — on september 4, 2024, astronomers detected a small asteroid, 2024 rw1, just hours before its predicted atmospheric entry over the philippines. — the radar targeted the larger asteroid, 2011 ul21, for nine days and the somewhat smaller asteroid, 2024 mk, for three days.
— asteroids are pieces of rock left over after the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, an asteroid approximately the size of two football fields is set to make a. It is between 120 and 260 m across and will pass within the orbit of the moon.