Next Five Asteroid Approaches
CAR-SIZE
Approximate Size
16 Feet
16Closest Earth Approach
161,000 Miles
161,000Name
Date
March 2, 2022
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
28 Feet
28Closest Earth Approach
485,000 Miles
485,000Name
Date
March 2, 2022
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
100 Feet
100Closest Earth Approach
1,050,000 Miles
1,050,000Name
Date
March 2, 2022AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
88 Feet
88Closest Earth Approach
2,440,000 Miles
2,440,000Name
Date
March 2, 2022AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
160 Feet
160Closest Earth Approach
3,940,000 Miles
3,940,000Name
Date
March 2, 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).