Hi Chris. The term “bullet burn” is used for a close encounter with an asteroid.

In 1991, a small asteroid passed within just 100,000 miles of the Earth. Two years later in May 1993, another asteroid missed us by just 80,000 miles. The year 1994 saw two close shaves with asteroids that hurtled by at a distance of only 100,000 miles! Although these distances may seem vast, in astronomical terms they represent no more than a bullet burn, the cosmic wink that sometimes separates us from outright disaster. Take Care…Don in creepy town