Asteroid Trend ASTEROID 2013 TX 68 MARCH 5, 2016 18:15 Since January 4, 2016, there has been a total of 17 Asteroids traveling around the Earth. On February 6, 2016 a 7 meter space rock, seen as a fireball pounded onto the Atlantic Ocean with a 13, 000 TNT. What does that mean? It released energy equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT, which is the same as the energy used in the first atomic weapon that leveled Hiroshima in 1945.The most hardest part to believe that it was not reported until two weeks later. It is reported to be the largest to hit since February 2013 asteroid hit in Russia. read more.. The most concerned of all asteroids is the 17 th Asteroid . Why? The 17th asteroid coming close to the Earth, is called the Asteroid 2013 TX 68 . The 2013 TX 68 Asteroid gets its name from the year it was first discovered. Each Asteroid is heavily monitored and will come at some point close to the EARTH. Asteroid 2013 TX 68 is said to c...