What will happen if 2004 XP14 impacts the moon?

Question

They say that 2004 XP14 will miss the Earth by the approximate distance from here to the moon. Would this asteroid create some catastrophic effect if it struck the moon?

Answer 1

""An asteroid possibly as large as a half-mile or more in diameter is rapidly approaching the Earth. There is no need for concern, for no collision is in the offing, but the space rock will make an exceptionally close approach to our planet early on Monday, July 3, passing just beyond the Moon’s average distance from Earth.

Astronomers will attempt to get a more accurate assessment of the asteroid’s size by “pinging” it with radar.

And skywatchers with good telescopes and some experience just might be able to get a glimpse of this cosmic rock as it streaks rapidly past our planet in the wee hours Monday. The closest approach occurs late Sunday for U.S. West Coast skywatchers.

The asteroid, designated 2004 XP14, was discovered on Dec. 10, 2004 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR), a continuing camera survey to keep watch for asteroids that may pass uncomfortably close to Earth.

Although initially there were concerns that this asteroid might possibly impact Earth later this century and thus merit special monitoring, further analysis of its orbit has since ruled out any such collision, at least in the foreseeable future.
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The size of 2004 XP 14 is not precisely known. But based on its brightness, the diameter is believed to be somewhere in the range of 1,345 to 3,018-feet (410 to 920 meters). That's between a quarter mile and just over a half-mile wide. ""

I don't think that will happen anything even if it collides with the moon.

Answer 2

Well by now we know that the asteroid is long past us. If it were to hit the moon it would make a gigantic crater and some of the debris would likely fall onto Earth.

Answer 3

If it hit the moon on the face we can see, it would be a spectacular light show -- much like a really big nuke being set off on the moon. It would raise a huge cloud of dust, and leave a new crater, and that's pretty much it.

However, since it will pass by outside the orbit of the moon, I'm not too worried.

Answer 4

It won't, the the moon's gravitational pull might send it towards us...

Answer 5

No, it's not bigh enough. And it's not going to hit the moon.