Next Five Asteroid Approaches
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
190 Feet
190Closest Earth Approach
3,920,000 Miles
3,920,000Name
Date
Aug. 18, 2022AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
96 Feet
96Closest Earth Approach
620,000 Miles
620,000Name
Date
Aug. 20, 2022
BUILDING-SIZE
Approximate Size
420 Feet
420Closest Earth Approach
3,280,000 Miles
3,280,000Name
Date
Aug. 20, 2022
HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
44 Feet
44Closest Earth Approach
1,340,000 Miles
1,340,000Name
Date
Aug. 22, 2022AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
92 Feet
92Closest Earth Approach
3,350,000 Miles
3,350,000Name
Date
Aug. 22, 2022About the Asteroid Watch Dashboard
The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter. The object's name is displayed by hovering over its encounter date. Clicking on the encounter date will display a Web page with details about that object.
The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
The average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers).