Asteroid 2024 Dwayne. On january 20, 2024, astronomer krisztián sárneczky detected an asteroid on an imminent collision course with earth. 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);
International asteroid day is observed every year on june 30. The asteroid was discovered on 16 june 2024, only 13 days before it passes earth.