No known near-Earth objects large enough to deliver a 5-kiloton impact are on collision courses for the remainder of 2026, according to JPL and ESA tracking data. Ongoing NEO surveys have identified only small, safe flybys—such as the recent bus- to airplane-sized objects passing hundreds of thousands of miles away—while historical impact rates for this energy level remain low, on the order of once every few decades globally. Traders appear to weigh the absence of any threatening detections, combined with improving detection capabilities that catch most objects above a few meters well in advance, against the residual chance of an undetected small asteroid or comet fragment. With roughly 4.5 months left in the year and no significant model updates or new close-approach risks flagged by monitoring agencies, the market-implied odds favor no event occurring.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated5kt meteor strike in 2026?
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The object must be classified as a natural meteoroid; events involving artificial objects or reentry vehicles do not qualify.
The primary resolution source will be the NASA JPL Fireball and Bolide Data repository: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/. The relevant field for determining impact energy is the “Impact Energy (kt)” column. If this dataset has not been updated to include all relevant dates by February 28, 2027, or if the NASA JPL Fireball and Bolide Data repository becomes permanently unavailable, this market may resolve based on a consensus of credible sources including the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), the U.S. Department of Defense, or credible reporting of a scientific consensus, such as a NASA press release.
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0x65070BE91...The object must be classified as a natural meteoroid; events involving artificial objects or reentry vehicles do not qualify.
The primary resolution source will be the NASA JPL Fireball and Bolide Data repository: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/. The relevant field for determining impact energy is the “Impact Energy (kt)” column. If this dataset has not been updated to include all relevant dates by February 28, 2027, or if the NASA JPL Fireball and Bolide Data repository becomes permanently unavailable, this market may resolve based on a consensus of credible sources including the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), the U.S. Department of Defense, or credible reporting of a scientific consensus, such as a NASA press release.
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0x65070BE91...No known near-Earth objects large enough to deliver a 5-kiloton impact are on collision courses for the remainder of 2026, according to JPL and ESA tracking data. Ongoing NEO surveys have identified only small, safe flybys—such as the recent bus- to airplane-sized objects passing hundreds of thousands of miles away—while historical impact rates for this energy level remain low, on the order of once every few decades globally. Traders appear to weigh the absence of any threatening detections, combined with improving detection capabilities that catch most objects above a few meters well in advance, against the residual chance of an undetected small asteroid or comet fragment. With roughly 4.5 months left in the year and no significant model updates or new close-approach risks flagged by monitoring agencies, the market-implied odds favor no event occurring.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated
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