Picture: Space.com. Ancient craters on Earth's surface prove that large objects have hit Earth in the past, and there's no reason to think this won't continue in the future. Luckily for Earth, the asteroid, named 2022 EB5, was around 6-feet-long, a size "too small to pose a hazard to Earth," NASA said in a statement. Set the date: on May 6, 2022, Earth could face its demise from a ginormous, continent-flattening asteroid. But this event wasnt a complete surprise: Astronomers knew it was on a collision course, predicting exactly where and when the impact would happen. Large meteorites hit the surface of Mars and the Moon, blasting off bits of rock. These rock bits rarely make their way to our atmosphere as meteors and even more rarely hit the Earths surface. A "potentially hazardous" asteroid measuring more than a mile long will zoom past Earth this week, the largest asteroid expected to get relatively close to our planet in 2022. A massive asteroid over a mile wide is expected to make a closer-than-normal trip past the Earth near the end of May, an approach so close that it could be spotted in the sky. An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building will make a close approach to Earth on May 27, according to NASAs Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). A small asteroid hit Earths atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea before disintegrating on March 11, 2022. That asteroid was just three meters wide, just about half the size. NASA is keeping a watchful eye on an asteroid that will make a knee-wobbling close pass of Earth on Thursday. A skyscraper-sized asteroid that NASA had deemed "potentially hazardous" passed the Earth last week in a relatively close flyby. Calculations in recent years have proven the asteroid will safely glide past Earth in both 2029 and 2036. An asteroid estimated to be around the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza may hit the Earth on May 6, 2022, according to the National The day would be May 6, 2022 and the time would be at 8:34 in the morning (Spanish Peninsular Time). A tiny fragment of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs, may have been found encased in amber a discovery NASA has described as mind-blowing. Its one of several astounding finds at a unique fossil site in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota that has preserved remnants [] In 2029, Apophis should pass at In 2022, NASAs DART spacecraft will slam into a roughly 560-foot-wide moonlet orbiting a near-Earth asteroid, with the goal of altering the moonlets orbit. The chance of an impact depends on the size of the object: the bigger the comet or asteroid, the smaller the chance, since there are many more small objects out there than large ones. Asteroid hits are fairly common and have been taking place ever since the beginning of time. An asteroid of this size would cause some serious damage if it hit Earth. Mars and the MoonAs of July 2014, there were 133 Martian meteorites and 183 lunar meteorites found on Earthnot a lot.Scientists are able to tell the rocks came from Mars and the Moon because their composition matches chemical analysis of rocks conducted during NASAs robotic explorations of Mars and the moon rocks recovered during the Apollo lunar For comparison, the most recent asteroid to hit the Earth was 2022 EB5, which hit the Earth in March. Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit Just the Right Spot to Trigger Extinction. A small asteroid hit Earths atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea before disintegrating on March 11, 2022. Only 13 percent of Earths surface is made up of rocks that could have Iron Meteorites Iron meteorites are mostly made of iron and nickel. A "potentially hazardous" asteroid measuring more than a mile long will zoom past Earth this week, the largest asteroid expected to get relatively close to our planet in 2022. NASA has been able to establish the exact date and time of a possible impact with planet Earth. Asteroid 7335 (1989 JA), measuring four times as wide as the Empire State Building is high, will make a close approach to Earth on May 27, 2022. The asteroid has a 1 in 4,166 chance of Earth impact when it makes its flyby on May 6, 2022, according to the European Space Agency. An asteroid known as 2009 JF1 with the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza is still likely to impact Earth on Friday, May 6. But this event wasnt a complete surprise: Astronomers knew it was on a collision course, predicting exactly where and when the impact would happen.